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1 Thessalonians 2:20 KJV
1 Thessalonians · chapter 2 · verse 20
For ye are our glory and joy.1 Thessalonians 2:20 · King James Version
1 Thessalonians 2:20 in context
18Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
19For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
20For ye are our glory and joy.
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Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- glorydoxaopinion, judgment, view, opinion, estimate, whether good or bad concerning someone, in…G1391 →
- joycharajoy, gladness, the joy received from you, the cause or occasion of joy, of persons who…G5479 →
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In these words the apostle apologizes for his absence. Here observe, 1. He tells them they were involuntarily forced from them: We, brethren, were taken from you, Th1 2:17. Such was the rage of his persecutors. He was unwillingly sent away by night to Berea, Act 17:10. 2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-20