Acts 13:52

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And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.

Day after day they resorted with one accord to the temple and broke bread together in their own homes; they ate with a glad and simple heart,

The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy of suffering dishonour for the sake of the Name;

rejoice and exult in it, for your reward is rich in heaven; that is how they persecuted the prophets before you.

Blessed are you when men will hate you, when they will excommunicate you and denounce you and defame you as wicked on account of the Son of man;

So with you. Just now you are in sorrow, but I shall see you again and your heart will rejoice ??with a joy that no one can take from you.

Not only so, but we triumph even in our troubles, knowing that trouble produces endurance,

The Reign of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, it means righteousness, peace, and joy in the holy Spirit;

May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in your faith, that you may be overflowing with hope by the power of the holy Spirit!

Amid a severe ordeal of trouble, their overflowing joy and their deep poverty together have poured out a flood of rich generosity;

and you started to copy us and the Lord, welcoming the word, though it brought you heavy trouble, with a joy inspired by the holy Spirit.

Greet it as pure joy, my brothers, when you come across any sort of trial,

You will rejoice then, though for the passing moment you may need to suffer various trials;

You are sharing what Christ suffered; so rejoice in it, that you may also rejoice and exult when his glory is revealed.

and they were all filled with the holy Spirit ??they began to speak in foreign tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to express themselves.

At their prayer the place of meeting was shaken, and they were all filled with the holy Spirit, speaking God's word fearlessly;

But the harvest of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, good temper, kindliness, generosity, fidelity,

and do not get drunk with wine ??that means profligacy ??but be filled with the Spirit,

So there was great rejoicing in that town.