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Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-22)Here we have divers short exhortations, that will not burden our memories, but will be of great use to direct the motions of our hearts and lives; for the duties are of great importance, and we may observe how they are connected together, and have a dependence upon one another. 1. Rejoice evermore , 1 Thess. 5:16. This must be understood of spiritual joy; for we must rejoice in our creature-comfor…
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