1 Thessalonians 2:20

“For ye are our glory and joy.”

"For ye are our glory and joy." - 1 Thessalonians 2:20
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What does 1 Thessalonians 2:20 mean?

The Bible verse 1 Thessalonians 2:20 in the King James Version (KJV) reads, "For ye are our glory and joy." This verse comes at the end of the second chapter of Paul's first letter to the Thessalonians. In this chapter, Paul expresses his deep love and concern for the…

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The Joy of Spiritual Kinship

1 Thessalonians 2:20: "For ye are our glory and joy." In the tapestry of the Apostle Paul's letters, few sentiments shine as brightly as the heartfelt connection he shares with the Thessalonian church. Nestled in this epistle, 1 Thessalonians 2:20 contains a profound declaration…

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A Prayer of Gratitude and Joy for Our Beloved Community

Dear Heavenly Father, We come before You today with grateful hearts, fully acknowledging Your greatness and the abundant blessings You have poured into our lives. As we reflect on the words of 1 Thessalonians 2:20, "For ye are our glory and joy," we are reminded of the profound…

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1 Thessalonians 5:20 - "Despise not prophesyings."
"Despise not prophesyings." - 1 Thessalonians 5:20
2 Thessalonians 1:1 - "Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:"
2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
1 Thessalonians 2:1 - "For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:"
1 Thessalonians 2:3 - "For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:"
1 Thessalonians 2:7 - "But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:"
2 Thessalonians 1:2 - "Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."
1 Thessalonians 1:2 - "We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;"
"Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:" - 2 Thessalonians 1:1
1 Thessalonians 5:2 - "For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night."
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - "Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;"
1 Thessalonians 4:2 - "For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus."
1 Thessalonians 2:12 - "That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory."
1 Thessalonians 2:18 - "Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us."
2 Thessalonians 2:1 - "Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,"
1 Thessalonians 2:10 - "Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:"
1 Thessalonians 2:11 - "As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,"
1 Thessalonians 2:5 - "For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:"
2 Thessalonians 1:9 - "Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;"
2 Thessalonians 3:1 - "Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:"
2 Thessalonians 1:8 - "In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:"
"For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:" - 1 Thessalonians 2:3
1 Thessalonians 2:16 - "Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost."
1 Thessalonians 2:15 - "Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:"
1 Thessalonians 2:19 - "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?"
2 Thessalonians 1:7 - "And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,"
"But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:" - 1 Thessalonians 2:7