Parallel Verses
King James Version
For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
New American Standard Bible
For
Holman Bible
How can we thank God for you in return for all the joy
International Standard Version
How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy that we have in God's presence because of you?
A Conservative Version
For what thanks can we repay God about you, for all the joy in which we rejoiced because of you before our God,
American Standard Version
For what thanksgiving can we render again unto God for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
Amplified
For what [adequate] thanks can we offer to God for you in return for all the joy and delight we have before our God on your account?
An Understandable Version
For how can we thank God [enough] for you, in return for all the joy we have over you, in the presence of our God?
Anderson New Testament
For what thanks can we render to God for you, for the great joy with which we rejoice on your account before our God,
Bible in Basic English
For how great is the praise which we give to God for you, and how great the joy with which we are glad because of you before our God;
Common New Testament
For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you in return for all the joy which we feel for your sake before our God,
Daniel Mace New Testament
how can I be sufficiently thankful to God upon your account, for all the joy, which by your means we have been affected with,
Darby Translation
For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you, for all the joy wherewith we rejoice on account of you before our God,
Godbey New Testament
For what thanks are we able to render unto God in your behalf, for all the joy with which we rejoice on account of you before our God;
Goodspeed New Testament
For how can I thank God enough for you, for all the happiness you make me feel in the presence of our God,
John Wesley New Testament
For what thanks can we render to God for you, for all the joy wherewith we rejoice for your sake before our God?
Julia Smith Translation
For what thankfulness can we return to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for you before our God;
King James 2000
For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy with which we joy for your sakes before our God;
Lexham Expanded Bible
For what thanks can we repay to God concerning you, because of all the joy [with] which we rejoice because of you before our God,
Modern King James verseion
For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For what thanks can we recompense to God again for you, over all the joy that we joy for your sakes before our God,
Moffatt New Testament
How can I render thanks enough to God for you, for all the joy you make me feel in the presence of our God?
Montgomery New Testament
For what thanksgiving can I render again to God in your behalf, in return for all the joy which you cause me in the presence of my God?
NET Bible
For how can we thank God enough for you, for all the joy we feel because of you before our God?
New Heart English Bible
For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God;
Noyes New Testament
For what thanks can we render to God for you, for all the joy wherewith we rejoice for your sakes before our God;
Sawyer New Testament
For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you for all the joy with which we rejoice on your account before our God,
The Emphasized Bible
For what thanksgiving can we render back, unto God, concerning you, on occasion of all the joy wherewith we rejoice, for your sakes, before our God? -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For what sufficient thanks can we render to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice on your account before our God,
Twentieth Century New Testament
How can we thank God enough for all the happiness that you are giving us in the sight of our God?
Webster
For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God;
Weymouth New Testament
For what thanksgiving on your behalf can we possibly offer to God in return for all the joy which fills our souls before our God for you,
Williams New Testament
For how can I render God enough thanks for you, for all the joy I have on account of you in the presence of our God,
World English Bible
For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God;
Worrell New Testament
For what thanksgiving can we render again to God concerning you for all the joy wherewith we rejoice on your account before our God;
Worsley New Testament
For what thanks can we render to God concerning you, for all the joy wherewith we rejoice on your account before our God,
Youngs Literal Translation
for what thanks are we able to recompense to God for you, for all the joy with which we do joy because of you in the presence of our God?
Themes
Joy » Ministers should » Have, in the faith and holiness of their people
Joy » Instances of » Of paul, rejoicing over his converts
Ministers » When faithful » Thank God for his gifts to their people
Ministers » When faithful » Rejoice in the faith and holiness of their people
Topics
Interlinear
Eucharistia
Peri
ἐπί
Epi
διά
Dia
on, in, upon, unto, to,
by, through, with, for, for ... sake, therefore , for this cause , because,
Usage: 644
Usage: 527
Pas
Hos
Dia
Emprosthen
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Thessalonians 3:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Timothy's Positive Report
8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. 9 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God; 10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:2
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
Deuteronomy 12:18
But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.
Deuteronomy 16:11
And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
2 Samuel 6:21
And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.
2 Samuel 7:18-20
Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
Nehemiah 9:5
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
Psalm 68:3
But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
Psalm 71:14-15
But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
Psalm 96:12-13
Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
Psalm 98:8-9
Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
2 Corinthians 2:14
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
2 Corinthians 9:15
Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
1 Thessalonians 1:2-3
We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
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?
1 Thessalonians 3:7-8
Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: