3 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

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

• Joy
• Love

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

• 1Cor 4:8 — Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
• 1Cor 12:26 — And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
• 1Cor 12:26 — And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
• 1Pet 3:8 — Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
• 2Cor 2:3 — And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
• 2Cor 6:10 — As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
• Acts 11:23 — Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
• Eccl 3:4 — A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
• Esth 4:5 — Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king’s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.
• Exod 18:9 — And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
• Gen 21:6 — And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
• Heb 10:24 — And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
• Heb 13:3 — Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
• Heb 13:3 — Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
• Isa 66:10 — Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
• Jer 9:1 — Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
• Job 2:11 — Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they ha
• Job 2:11 — Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they ha
• Job 6:14 — To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
• Job 16:4 — I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
• Job 30:25 — Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
• Job 30:25 — Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
• Job 42:11 — Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him
• John 11:19 — And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
• John 11:19 — And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
• John 11:33 — When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
• John 11:33 — When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
• Luke 1:58 — And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
• Luke 1:58 — And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
• Luke 15:5 — And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
• Luke 15:24 — For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
• Matt 18:31 — So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
• Neh 1:4 — And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
• Phil 2:4 — Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
• Phil 2:17 — Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
• Phil 2:26 — For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
• Prov 17:5 — Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
• Prov 25:20 — As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
• Ps 35:13 — But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
• Ps 35:27 — Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.