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1 Thessalonians 2:19
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For who is our hope or joy or crown of exultation? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?
For who is our hope or joy or crown of boasting? Is it not even you, before our Lord Jesus at His coming?
But he can never succeed. Y'all will be the trophy saddle in heaven one day when we stand before the Lord at the awards ceremony.
For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?
For what [is] our hope, or joy, or crown of boasting? [are] not *ye* also before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
For who is our hope or joy or crown of boasting in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming? Is it not you?
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn't it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not ye also before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
For what is our hope or joy, or the crown of which we boast? Is it not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His Coming?
For what is our hope, or ioy, or crowne of reioycing? Are not euen ye in the presence of our Lord Iesus Christ at his comming?
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?
For who is oure hope, or ioye, or crowne of reioysinge? are not ye it in ye sighte of oure LORDE Iesus Christ at his commynge?
for what can be our hope, or joy, what can crown our pretensions, unless it be you, when we shall appear before the Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
For who is [the object of] our hope or joy or our victor's wreath of triumphant celebration [when we stand] in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming? Is it not you?
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?
For what is oure hope or ioye or croune of reioysynge? are not ye it in the presence of oure lorde Iesus Christ at his comynge?
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
For what [is] our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? [Are] not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
for what [is] our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? are not even ye before our Lord Jesus Christ in his presence?
You are our hope, our joy, and the crown we will take pride in when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.
For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you?
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?
After all, when the Lord Jesus appears, who else but you will give us hope and joy and be like a glorious crown for us?
For when our Lord Yeshua returns, what will be our hope, our joy, our crown to boast about? Won't it be you?
For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?
For what is our hope or ioye, or crowne of reioycing? are not euen you it in the presence of our Lord Iesus Christ at his comming?
For what is our hope, our joy, or crown of our glorying? Is it not you in the presence of our LORD Jesus when he comes?
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn't it even you, before our Lord Yeshua at his coming?
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For what is our hope and our joy, and the crown of our glorying, but you, before our Lord Jeshu at his coming ?
For what is our hope, and our joy, and the crown of our glorying; unless it be ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?
After all, what gives us hope and joy, and what will be our proud reward and crown as we stand before our Lord Jesus when he returns? It is you!
Who is our hope or joy or crown of happiness? It is you, when you stand before our Lord Jesus Christ when He comes again.
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?
For what shall be our hope, or joy, or crown of boasting? Shall not even, ye, before our Lord Jesus, in his Presence?
For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
For who is our hope or joy or crown of boasting? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at his coming?
For what is our hope, or ioy, or crowne of reioycyng? Are not ye it in the presence of our Lorde Iesus Christe, at his commyng?
You are our hope, our joy, and the crown we will be proud of when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.
For who is our hope, or joy or crown of pride, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming? Or is it not indeed you?
After all, it is you—you, no less than others!—who are our hope, our joy, and our reason for boasting of our victory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes.
For whi what is oure hope, or ioye, or coroun of glorie? Whether ye ben not bifore oure Lord Jhesu Crist in his comyng?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
our hope: 2 Corinthians 1:14, Philippians 2:16, Philippians 4:1
crown: Proverbs 4:9, Proverbs 12:4, Proverbs 16:13, Proverbs 17:6, Isaiah 62:3, 1 Peter 5:4, Revelation 4:10, Revelation 4:11
rejoicing: or, glorying, 1 Thessalonians 2:20, Romans 15:16-19
in: 1 Thessalonians 3:13, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 1 Corinthians 4:5, 1 Corinthians 15:23, 2 Corinthians 1:14, Philippians 2:16, Philippians 4:1, 2 Thessalonians 1:7-12, 2 Thessalonians 2:1, 1 Timothy 6:14, 1 Timothy 6:15, 2 Timothy 4:1, 2 Timothy 4:2, Titus 2:13, 1 John 2:28
our Lord: Jude 1:24
at: Revelation 1:7, Revelation 22:12
Reciprocal: Proverbs 11:30 - and Proverbs 23:15 - if Song of Solomon 8:12 - those Daniel 12:3 - shine Luke 15:6 - his John 4:36 - he that reapeth receiveth 1 Corinthians 3:14 - General 1 Corinthians 4:8 - ye did 1 Corinthians 15:31 - your 2 Corinthians 7:4 - great 2 Corinthians 12:14 - for I Philippians 1:4 - with Philippians 2:2 - Fulfil 1 Thessalonians 3:9 - for 2 Thessalonians 1:4 - glory 1 Timothy 4:16 - them 2 Timothy 1:18 - in that Philemon 1:7 - great joy Philemon 1:20 - let me Hebrews 13:17 - with joy James 5:7 - unto 2 John 1:4 - rejoiced 3 John 1:2 - even 3 John 1:3 - I
Cross-References
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For what is our hope, or joy,.... The apostle here gives a reason why they were so concerned at parting with the Thessalonians, and were so desirous of seeing them again, and attempted it so often, cause they were their "hope"; not the foundation of it, which was Christ; nor the thing hoped for, which was eternal life; nor the ground of their hope, which was the blood, righteousness, and sacrifice of Christ; but they were persons whom they hoped well of, and of whom their hope was steadfast; as of their election of God, of their redemption by Christ, of their effectual calling, of their perseverance in faith and holiness, notwithstanding all reproach and persecution; and of meeting the Lord, and being together with him for ever: and they were also their "joy"; their conversion was a matter of joy to them, because of the glory of God, Father, Son, and Spirit, displayed therein; because of the abundant grace bestowed on these persons; and because that hereby the kingdom of Satan was weakened, and the kingdom of Christ enlarged and his churches increased and beautified; and their own ministry was blessed and confirmed, and their hearts and hands strengthened, and they encouraged to go on in it: and they continued to be their joy, inasmuch as they stood fast in the Lord, walked on in the truth, and had their conversations as became the Gospel of Christ; and they were persuaded would be their joy hereafter, at the second coming of Christ; when they should give up their account of them with joy, and not with grief: and it is added,
or crown of rejoicing; or of "glorying", or "boasting"; not that they gloried in them, for they gloried not in men, but in the Lord, in his righteousness, riches, wisdom, strength, and grace, in the person, blood, and cross of Christ; but they gloried of them, as trophies of divine grace, as a prey taken out of the hand of the mighty, and as lawful captives delivered from the power of Satan, and of darkness, and translated into the kingdom of Christ. The Alexandrian copy reads, as we render it,
crown of rejoicing: which is but a stronger phrase, to press the joy they had in their conversion and perseverance, in allusion to crowns wore at times of rejoicing, as at marriage feasts, and the like: hence we read i of the crowns of the bridegrooms, and of the brides, which were forbidden the use of in the war of Vespasian; the latter were made of gold, in the form of the city of Jerusalem, and from thence called golden cities k; and the former, some say, were made of salt and sulphur, to put them in mind of the destruction of the Sodomites, for their unnatural lusts l; others of a salt stone as clear as crystal, or of the stone Bdellium, painted in the colour of sulphur m; and some were made of myrtles and roses, but in the war of Vespasian only those made of reeds were used n; these crowns at weddings seem to be the "beautiful crowns" in
Ezekiel 23:42 where the Septuagint use the same phrase as here,
στεφανον καυχησεως, "a crown of rejoicing", or "glorying": the Hebrew phrase עטרת תפארת, may be rendered "a crown of glory", as the phrase here is by the Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions; but does not mean the crown of glory, life, righteousness, and immortality, the apostle expected at the hands of Christ another day; nor that his being an instrument of the conversion of these persons was the ground of such an expectation, or was what entitled him to such a crown; since he knew that conversion work was owing to the powerful grace of God, and the crown of eternal life was his free gift; but that it would be an honour to him, and give him abundant joy and pleasure at the coming of Christ, to be encircled with such a number of souls he had been useful to, and who were his spiritual children; just as children's children are the crown of old men, Proverbs 17:6 all this is put by way of question, which strongly affirms,
are not even ye; or "ye also", as well as others, as the Corinthians and Philippians; see 2 Corinthians 1:7.
In the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? to judge the quick and dead, when both they and these should meet him, and stand before him with confidence, being clothed with his righteousness, and clad with robes of immortality and glory.
i Misna Sota. c. 9. sect. 14. k Maimon. in Misna Sota, & in Sabbat, c. 6. sect. 1. l Ez Hechaim M. S. apud Wagenseil in Sota ib. m Bartenora in Misna Sota, c. 9. sect. 14. n T. Bab. Sota, fol. 49. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For what is our hope - That is, “I had a strong desire to see you; to assist you; to enjoy your friendship; for you are my hope and joy, and my absence does not arise from a want of affection.” The meaning, when he says that they were his “hope,” is, that their conversion and salvation was one of the grounds of his hope of future blessedness. It was an evidence that he was a faithful servant of God, and that he would be rewarded in heaven.
Or joy - The source of joy here and in heaven.
Or crown of rejoicing - Margin, as in Greek, “glorying;” that is, boasting, or exulting. The allusion is, probably, to the victors at the Grecian games; and the sense is, that he rejoiced in their conversion as the victor there did in the garland which he had won; notes, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27.
Are not even ye - Or, will not you be?
In the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming - “When the Lord Jesus appears at the end of the world, then our highest source of happiness and honor will be your conversion and salvation.” Then their salvation would be a proof of his fidelity. It would fill his soul with the highest happiness, that he had been the means of saving them from ruin.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 19. For what is our hope — I can have no prospects from earth; I have forsaken all for the Gospel; and esteem every thing it can afford as dross and dung, that I may gain Christ. Why then should I continually labour at the risk of my life, preaching the Gospel? Is it not to get your souls saved, that ye may be my crown of rejoicing in the day of Christ? For this I labour; and, having planted the Gospel among you, I wish to take every opportunity of watering it, that it may grow up unto eternal life.
