1 Thessalonians 3:9

For what thanksgiving on your behalf can we possibly offer to God in return for all the joy which fills our souls before our God for you,

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

In Context

8For now life is for us life indeed, since you are standing fast in the Lord.

10while night and day, with intense earnestness, we pray that we may see your faces, and may bring to perfection whatever may be still lacking in your faith?

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 2:14But to God be the thanks who in Christ ever heads our triumphal procession, and by our hands waves in every place that sweet incense, the knowledge of Him.

Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 3:7-11

The Mission of Timothy. ( a. d. 51.) 6 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: 7 Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: 8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. 9 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God; 10 Night and… Read the whole commentary →

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