Rejoice always;
Rejoice at all times.
always rejoice ye;
rejoice always;
1 Thessalonians — Paul's earliest letter. Thanksgiving for a young church's faith, and plain teaching on holy living and the return of Christ.
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In him our joy will be full; and it is our fault if we have not a continual feast. If we are sorrowful upon any worldly account, yet still we may always rejoice, 2 Cor. vi. Note, A religious life is a pleasant life, it is a life of constant joy.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Our Lord has purchased joy, as well as righteousness, for us. It is the very design of the gospel that, being saved from guilt, we should be happy in the love of Christ. Prayer may be said to be the breath of our spiritual life.
John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical
Words1
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
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