1 Thessalonians 5:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁶Rejoice evermore.

1 Thessalonians 5:16 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 12:12
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Matthew 5:12
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
2 Corinthians 6:10
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Luke 10:20
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

Topics

Commandments Devotion Discipleship Disobedience to God Duty Gladness Happiness Joy

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-comfort…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 16)

16-17. In order to “rejoice evermore,” we must “pray without ceasing” (1Th 5:17). He who is wont to thank God for all things as happening for the best, will have continuous joy [Theophylact]. Ep 6:18; Php 4:4, 6, “Rejoice in the Lord ... by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving”; Ro 14:17, “in the Holy Ghost”; Ro 12:12, “in hope”; Ac 5:41, “in being counted worthy to suffer shame for Christ’s…