1 Thessalonians 2:20
18 For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.
19 After 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?
You are indeed our glory and our joy.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- You are indeed our glory and our joy.
- KJV
- For ye are our glory and joy.
- WEB
- For you are our glory and our joy.
- ASV
- For ye are our glory and our joy.
- DARBY
- for ye are our glory and joy.
- BLB
- For you⁺ are our glory and joy.
- ÅB
- Dere er jo vår ære og vår glede.
- OTB
- For dere er virkelig vår stolthet og glede.
- B1930
- I er jo vår ære og vår glede.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 1:14
as you have already understood us in part, so that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.
Read in context1 Corinthians 11:7
A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.
Read in context