Philemon 7
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7 Your love has given me great joy and encouragement,(A) because you, brother, have refreshed(B) the hearts of the Lord’s people.
2 Corinthians 7:13
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13 By all this we are encouraged.
In addition to our own encouragement, we were especially delighted to see how happy Titus(A) was, because his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.
Philemon 20
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20 I do wish, brother, that I may have some benefit from you in the Lord; refresh(A) my heart in Christ.
2 Corinthians 7:4
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4 I have spoken to you with great frankness; I take great pride in you.(A) I am greatly encouraged;(B) in all our troubles my joy knows no bounds.(C)
3 John 3-6
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3 It gave me great joy when some believers(A) came and testified about your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it.(B) 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children(C) are walking in the truth.(D)
5 Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers and sisters,[a](E) even though they are strangers to you.(F) 6 They have told the church about your love. Please send them on their way(G) in a manner that honors(H) God.
Footnotes
- 3 John 1:5 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family.
2 John 4
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4 It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth,(A) just as the Father commanded us.
1 Thessalonians 3:9
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9 How can we thank God enough for you(A) in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you?(B)
1 Thessalonians 2:19
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19 For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown(A) in which we will glory(B) in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes?(C) Is it not you?
2 Timothy 1:16
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16 May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus,(A) because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed(B) of my chains.(C)
1 Thessalonians 2:13
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13 And we also thank God continually(A) because, when you received the word of God,(B) which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.
1 Thessalonians 1:3
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3 We remember before our God and Father(A) your work produced by faith,(B) your labor prompted by love,(C) and your endurance inspired by hope(D) in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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