Thou made known to me the paths of life. Thou will fill me of joy with thy countenance.

But I make nothing of the matter, nor do I hold my life precious to myself, so as to fully complete my course with joy, and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to solemnly testify the good-news of the grace of God.

He who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices with joy because of the bridegroom's voice. This therefore my joy is fulfilled.

These things I have spoken to you that my joy may dwell in you, and your joy may be full.

He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

(and the life was made known, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father, and was made known to us),

And this is the testimony, that God gave eternal life to us, and this life is in his Son.

He who has the Son has the life. He who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.

He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life because of me will find it.

Because of this I say to you, be not anxious about your life, what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, nor yet for your body, what ye may wear. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the clothing?

For whoever wants save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life because of me and the good-news, this man will save it.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever may lose his life because of me, this man will save it.

Truly, truly, I say to you, that he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life. And he does not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life.

For as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to the Son to have life in himself.

In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

to the one an odor of death for death, and to the other an aroma of life for life. And who is adequate for these things?

always in my every entreaty for all of you, making the entreaty with joy

And having been convinced of this, I know that I will remain, and will continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith.

fulfill my joy, that ye may think the same way, having the same love, being knit in soul, thinking in oneness,

So then, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in Lord this way beloved.

being strengthened in every ability, according to the dominion of his glory, for all perseverance and longsuffering with joy.

And ye became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of Holy Spirit,

For what is our hope or joy or crown of boast? Or is it not even ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

For ye are our glory and joy.

For what thanks can we repay God about you, for all the joy in which we rejoiced because of you before our God,

longing to see thee, having remembered thy tears, so that I may be filled with joy,

For we have much joy and encouragement in thy love, because the bowels of the sanctified have been refreshed by thee, brother.

For ye were both compassionate about my bonds, and ye accepted with joy the plundering of your possessions, knowing yourselves to have a superior and an enduring existence in the heavens.

Looking to Jesus the pathfinder and perfecter of the faith, who, against the joy set before him, endured a cross, having despised the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

But of course no chastening for the present seems to be of joy but of sorrow, yet afterward it yields peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Have confidence in those who lead you, and yield yourselves, for they watch for your souls as men who will render account, so that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this is unprofitable for you.

Consider it all joy, my brothers, when ye encounter various trials,

Be ye sorrowful, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into a downcast look.

Whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, not now seeing but believing, ye exult in inexpressible and glorified joy,

But rejoice in so far as ye are partakers in the sufferings of the Christ, so that also at the revealing of his glory ye may rejoice, having exceeding joy.

And we write these things to you, so that our joy may be made full.

Having many things, I did not want to write to you by paper and ink, but I hope to come to you, and to speak mouth to mouth, so that our joy may be filled.

I have no greater joy than these things that I hear my children walking in truth.