17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Joy

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

• 1Thess 1:6 — And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
• 1Thess 3:3 — That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
• 2Chr 24:10 — And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
• 2Cor 6:10 — As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
• 2Cor 9:8 — And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
• 2Cor 9:11 — Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
• 2Cor 9:13 — Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
• 2Pet 1:8 — For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Acts 11:29 — Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
• Acts 13:52 — And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
• Deut 15:4 — Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:
• Deut 15:11 — For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
• Eph 4:28 — Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
• Exod 36:5 — And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.
• Ezek 21:13 — Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.
• Isa 32:5 — The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
• Jas 2:5 — Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• Luke 12:33 — Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
• Luke 21:1 — And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
• Luke 21:3 — And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
• Mark 12:42 — And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
• Mark 12:43 — And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
• Mark 12:44 — For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
• Matt 14:16 — But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
• Neh 8:10 — Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of
• Prov 3:9 — Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
• Prov 11:25 — The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
• Prov 19:22 — The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
• Rev 2:9 — I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
• Rev 2:9 — I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
• Rom 12:8 — Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.