whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see [Him,] yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,

but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ's sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.

And Hannah prayed and said: "My heart rejoices in the LORD; My horn is exalted in the LORD. I smile at my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation.

That I may tell of all Your praise In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in Your salvation.

All my bones shall say, "LORD, who [is] like You, Delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, Yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?"

Oh come, let us sing to the LORD! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.

Behold, God [is] my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; 'For YAH, the LORD, [is] my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.' "

Therefore with joy you will draw water From the wells of salvation.

To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified."

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, My soul shall be joyful in my God; For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks [himself] with ornaments, And as a bride adorns [herself] with her jewels.

"Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great [is] your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.

Then the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.

"Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven."

"Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.

through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

And not only [that,] but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer;

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.

And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh,

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!

And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,

My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,

Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation,

But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.

But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle [you.]

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory,

that the genuineness of your faith, [being] much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

I know, O LORD, that Your judgments [are] right, And [that] in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

Though He causes grief, Yet He will show compassion According to the multitude of His mercies.

For He does not afflict willingly, Nor grieve the children of men.

If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?

Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected [us,] and we paid [them] respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?

Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,'

I am afraid of all my sufferings; I know that You will not hold me innocent.

Reproach has broken my heart, And I am full of heaviness; I looked [for someone] to take pity, but [there was] none; And for comforters, but I found none.

My soul melts from heaviness; Strengthen me according to Your word.

To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified."

"Come to Me, all [you] who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.

that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.

since he was longing for you all, and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.

Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and [your] joy to gloom.

Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them all.

"These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting [them] to continue in the faith, and [saying,] "We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God."

For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.

To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless.

being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.

persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed --

For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

Are they ministers of Christ? -- I speak as a fool -- I [am] more: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often.

Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep;

in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness --

Women received their dead raised to life again. And others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.

They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented --

My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,