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1 Thessalonians 3:9

For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

KJV

τίνα γὰρ εὐχαριστίαν δυνάμεθα τῷ θεῷ ἀνταποδοῦναι περὶ ὑμῶν ἐπὶ πάσῃ τῇ χαρᾷ ᾗ χαίρομεν δι’ ὑμᾶς ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν,

Greek NT

Quam enim gratiarum actionem possumus Deo retribuere pro vobis in omni gaudio, quo gaudemus propter vos ante Deum nostrum,

Vulgate

For what thanksgiving can we render again unto God for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

ASV

For what thanks can we return to God for you, in all the joy wherewith we rejoice for you before our God,

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
εὐχαριστία
eucharistia
noun · 15×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
χαίρω
chairo
verb · 74×
χαρά
chara
noun · 59×
ἀνταποδίδωμι
antapodidomi
verb · 7×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔμπροσθεν
emprosthen
adverb · 48×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:31 — I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD, I die daily.
  • 1Thess 1:2 — We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
  • 1Thess 3:7 — Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:
  • 2Cor 9:15 — Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
  • 2Sam 7:18 — Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
  • 2Thess 1:3 — We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
  • 2Thess 1:11 — Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
  • Eph 5:20 — Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
  • Heb 13:17 — Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable
  • Phil 1:3 — I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
  • Phlm 1:7 — For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
  • Ps 71:14 — But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
  • Ps 96:12 — Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
  • Rom 6:17 — But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.