17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

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

• Hope
• Joy
• Suffering and Perseverance

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

• 1Pet 1:6 — Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
• 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:
• 2Cor 6:10 — As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
• 2Thess 2:16 — Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
• Acts 2:46 — And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
• Acts 5:41 — And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
• Eccl 3:4 — A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
• Eccl 7:3 — Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
• Esth 3:15 — The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
• Gal 5:22 — But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
• Isa 12:1 — And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
• Isa 25:8 — He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
• Isa 54:11 — O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
• Isa 61:2 — To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
• Isa 61:3 — To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteou
• Isa 61:3 — To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteou
• Isa 66:5 — Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they s
• Jas 1:2 — My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
• Jer 31:9 — They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel,
• Jer 31:25 — For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
• Job 20:5 — That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
• John 1:51 — And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
• John 16:6 — But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
• John 16:6 — But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
• John 16:33 — These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
• John 19:25 — Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
• John 20:13 — And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not where they have laid him.
• John 20:20 — And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD.
• John 20:20 — And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD.
• Jude 1:24 — Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
• Luke 6:21 — Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
• Luke 6:21 — Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
• Luke 22:45 — And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,
• Luke 22:53 — When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
• Luke 22:62 — And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
• Luke 23:27 — And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
• Luke 23:47 — Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
• Luke 24:17 — And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
• Luke 24:17 — And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
• Luke 24:21 — But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.