And I wrote thus to you, that I might not when I come have grief from those for whom I ought to rejoice; being persuaded concerning you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy; for by faith ye have stood.

Great is my freedom of speech toward you; great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I exceedingly abound with joy, over all our affliction.

Therefore we were comforted in your comfort, and we rejoiced the more exceedingly in the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

That in a great trial of affliction, their overflowing joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality: