1 Thessalonians 3:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“How can we adequately thank God for you in return for our great joy over you in His presence?”
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“How can we adequately thank God for you in return for our great joy over you in His presence?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;”
King James Version · Public Domain“For what thanksgiving can we render again unto God for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for what thanks are we able to recompense to God for you, for all the joy with which we do joy because of you in the presence of our God?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Thessalonians 3:9 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 12:2Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.
- Deuteronomy 12:18Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do,
- Deuteronomy 16:11and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
- 2 Samuel 6:21But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,
- 2 Samuel 7:18Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
- 2 Chronicles 31:8When Hezekiah and his officials came and viewed the heaps, they blessed the LORD and His people Israel.
- Nehemiah 9:5Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
- Psalms 68:3But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.
- Psalms 71:14But I will always hope and will praise You more and more.
- Psalms 96:12Let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy
- Psalms 98:8Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy
- 2 Corinthians 2:14But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
- 2 Corinthians 9:15Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
- 1 Thessalonians 1:2We always thank God for all of you, remembering you in our prayers
- 1 Thessalonians 2:19After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?
- 1 Thessalonians 3:7For this reason, brothers, in all our distress and persecution, we have been reassured about you, because of your faith.
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