7 Bible Verses about Christ's Joy
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“I have spoken these things to you so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
In that same hour He rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, because this was Your good pleasure.
When he has found it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders, and coming home, he calls his friends and neighbors together, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep!’ I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don’t need repentance.
Now I am coming to You,
and I speak these things in the world
so that they may have My joy completed in them.
keeping our eyes on Jesus, the source and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that lay before Him endured a cross and despised the shame and has sat down at the right hand of God’s throne.
The One who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”
“I assure you: You will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice. You will become sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy. When a woman is in labor she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world. So you also have sorrow now. But I will see you again. Your hearts will rejoice, and no one will rob you of your joy.
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From Thematic Bible
Joy » Christ's joy » Israel lost the joy of divine favour
and all your songs into lamentation;
I will cause everyone
and every head to be shaved.
I will make that grief
like mourning for an only son
and its outcome like a bitter day.
her feasts,
all her festivals.
will never shine in you again;
and the voice of a groom and bride
will never be heard in you again.
All this will happen
because your merchants
were the nobility of the earth,
because all the nations were deceived
by your sorcery,
I will put an end to the noise of your songs,
All joy grows dark;
earth’s rejoicing goes into exile.
Joy » Christ's joy » Sustained him at the cross
keeping our eyes on Jesus,
Joy » Christ's joy » In the divine method of revelation
In that same hour
