📖WEB · 1 Thessalonians 2:19

What does 1 Thessalonians 2:19 mean?

"For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?"

— 1 Thessalonians 2:19 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.

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But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,

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because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.

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For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

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For you are our glory and our joy.

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