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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 the LORD is your strength.

Nehemiah 8:10 KJV

What the Bible Means by Joy

Joy in Scripture is rarely just a passing mood. The writers use it for the gladness of a harvest, a wedding, a rescue from enemies, and also for a quiet confidence that survives loss. Habakkuk praises God while the fields are empty, and Paul describes his apostolic life as sorrowful yet always rejoicing. Those verses make clear that joy and hardship can sit side by side.

Where Joy Appears

The Psalms hold the largest share, with calls to sing, clap and shout in worship. Isaiah and Jeremiah promise joy to people returning from exile, often with dancing and songs. In the Gospels, joy surrounds Jesus' birth, his parables about lost things being found, and his words to the disciples the night before his death. In the letters, Paul and Peter treat joy as something that grows in suffering, and Galatians lists it among the fruit of the Spirit.

Notice also who is rejoicing and why. Sometimes people celebrate because God has acted, and sometimes God himself is pictured as rejoicing over his people. Reading a verse in its setting often changes how it feels.

Ways to Use These Verses

Read one verse aloud in the morning and note what the writer was celebrating.
Pair a joy verse with a hard day to see how Paul and the psalmists held both.
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Verses in This Collection

Nehemiah 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 the LORD is your strength.
Nehemiah and Ezra tell people weeping at the reading of the Law to feast and share food, since this holy day calls for gladness.
Psalm 16:11 – Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
David says that life lived near God leads to complete joy, and that lasting pleasures belong to those who stay close to him.
Psalm 30:5 – For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
A psalm of thanksgiving: God's displeasure is brief, while his favor lasts, and a night of weeping gives way to morning gladness.
Psalm 30:11-12 – Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
David recalls God changing his grief into dancing, and promises endless thanks so that his whole life becomes a song of praise.
Psalm 32:11 – Be glad in the LORD , and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
The psalm closes a song about forgiveness by calling the forgiven and upright to be glad and to shout together.
Psalm 33:1 – Rejoice in the LORD , O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
Worship opens this psalm with a call for the righteous to rejoice, since praise suits people who live honestly before God.
Psalm 47:1 – O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
All peoples are invited to clap and shout to God as a great king, making joy a shared and noisy activity.
Psalm 51:12 – Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
After his serious wrongdoing, David asks God not for escape from consequences first, but for the return of joy and a willing spirit.
Psalm 63:5 – My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
Writing from a dry wilderness, David says being near God satisfies him like a rich meal and puts praise on his lips.
Psalm 65:12-13 – They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
A harvest psalm pictures pastures, hills and valleys full of flocks and grain as if the land itself were singing for joy.
Psalm 89:15-16 – Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD , in the light of thy countenance. In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
Happy are those who know the festival shout of worship; they walk in God's favor and rejoice in his righteousness all day.
Psalm 90:14 – O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
In a prayer attributed to Moses, the people ask God to satisfy them each morning with his kindness so they may be glad through life.
Psalm 92:4 – For thou, LORD , hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
The writer says God's work in the world has made him glad, and he sings about the deeds his Creator has done.
Psalm 95:1-2 – O come, let us sing unto the LORD : let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
This call to worship invites people to come to God with thanksgiving and music, treating him as the rock they depend on.
Psalm 96:11-12 – Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
The psalm calls heaven, earth, sea, fields and trees to celebrate, because the whole creation shares in God's coming rule.
Psalm 97:11-12 – Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. Rejoice in the LORD , ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
God plants light and gladness like seed for the upright, so the righteous are urged to rejoice and give thanks to him.
Psalm 98:4-6 – Make a joyful noise unto the LORD , all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD , the King.
The whole earth is told to cheer with harp, trumpet and horn, welcoming the LORD as King with loud, musical joy.
Psalm 100:1-2 – Make a joyful noise unto the LORD , all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
A short psalm of thanksgiving that tells every land to serve God gladly and to come into his presence singing.
Psalm 118:24 – This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Spoken in a festival psalm of rescue, these words invite worshippers to treat the present day as a gift from God and enjoy it.
Psalm 119:111 – Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
The writer calls God's teachings a permanent inheritance and says they are what makes his heart glad.
Psalm 126:1-3 – When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
Returning exiles say their rescue felt like a dream, with laughter and singing, and even neighboring nations noticed what God had done.
Psalm 126:5-6 – They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him .
People who plant seed while weeping will come home carrying harvest and rejoicing, a promise that hard work done in sorrow is not wasted.
Psalm 149:2-3 – Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
Israel is told to rejoice in its Maker and King and to praise him with dancing, tambourine and harp.
Proverbs 10:28 – The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
Proverbs contrasts people whose hope ends in gladness with those whose expectations come to nothing.
Proverbs 15:13 – A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
A glad heart shows on the face, while deep sorrow can crush the spirit; inner state and outward look are linked.
Proverbs 15:23 – A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it !
A person finds joy in giving a fitting answer, and a word spoken at the right moment is especially good.
Proverbs 15:30 – The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
A bright, welcoming look cheers the heart, and good news strengthens the whole body, according to this proverb.
Proverbs 17:22 – A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
A cheerful heart works like medicine, while a crushed spirit saps a person's strength.
Proverbs 23:24 – The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
A parent whose child grows up righteous and wise has great reason to celebrate, says this proverb about raising children.
Ecclesiastes 2:26 – For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
The Teacher says God gives wisdom, knowledge and joy to those who please him, while remaining honest that much of life is still puzzling.
Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 – I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
The Teacher concludes that the best a person can do is be glad, do good and enjoy their work, all as gifts from God.
Ecclesiastes 9:7 – Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
The Teacher urges ordinary enjoyment of bread and wine, since God has already accepted what the person does.
Ecclesiastes 11:9 – Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Young people are told to enjoy their youth, with the reminder that they will answer to God for how they live.
Isaiah 9:3 – Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
Isaiah promises a coming king who will increase the nation's joy to the level of harvest celebrations or the sharing of spoils after victory.
Isaiah 12:3 – Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
In a song of the redeemed, drawing water from wells pictures the steady, refreshing joy that comes from God's salvation.
Isaiah 12:5-6 – Sing unto the LORD ; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
The song calls Zion's people to shout and sing because the Holy One of Israel has done great things among them.
Isaiah 35:10 – And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Isaiah pictures the ransomed returning to Zion singing, with joy as a crown and sorrow driven away.
Isaiah 49:13 – Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
Heaven, earth and mountains are called to sing because God has comforted his people and shown mercy to the afflicted.
Isaiah 51:11 – Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Repeating the promise of Isaiah 35, the prophet says the redeemed will return to Zion with singing and everlasting joy.
Isaiah 55:12 – For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
God promises that his people will leave captivity in peace, while mountains sing and trees clap their hands.
Isaiah 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 righteousness, the planting of the LORD , that he might be glorified.
The coming servant is sent to give mourners beauty for ashes, the oil of gladness for grief, and praise for heaviness.
Isaiah 61:10 – I will greatly rejoice in the LORD , my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
The speaker rejoices in God and compares salvation to wedding clothes, a picture of being dressed in righteousness as a gift.
Isaiah 65:18 – But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
God announces a new creation and tells his people to be glad forever in it, since he makes Jerusalem a source of joy.
Isaiah 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:
The people who love Jerusalem, including those who grieved over it, are invited to rejoice together at its restoration.
Jeremiah 15:16 – Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
Jeremiah says God's words were like food to him, and that they brought delight because he belonged to the LORD.
Jeremiah 31:13 – Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
God promises to turn the mourning of his people into dancing, with young and old celebrating together after their sorrow.
Jeremiah 33:11 – The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD . For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD .
Even in a ruined land, God promises that wedding songs and thank offerings will be heard again, because he restores his people.
Lamentations 3:21-23 – This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
In the middle of a book of grief, the writer finds hope by remembering that God's mercies are renewed every morning.
Habakkuk 3:17-18 – Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD , I will joy in the God of my salvation.
With crops failing and flocks gone, Habakkuk still resolves to rejoice in God, showing joy that does not depend on circumstances.
Zephaniah 3:17 – The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
God is pictured as a mighty savior who sings over his people with delight, reversing the usual picture of who rejoices over whom.
Zechariah 2:10 – Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD .
God tells Jerusalem to sing because he is coming to live among his people, a promise of his closeness.
Zechariah 9:9 – Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
The prophet tells Zion to rejoice because a righteous king is coming humbly on a donkey, which Matthew applies to Jesus.
Matthew 2:10 – When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
After traveling to find the newborn king, the wise men are overjoyed to see the star appear again.
Matthew 5:11-12 – Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you , and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
Jesus tells his followers that when they are insulted or persecuted because of him, they should be glad, since the prophets suffered the same.
Matthew 13:44 – Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
In a short parable, a man finds treasure in a field and happily sells everything to buy it, showing how valuable God's kingdom is.
Matthew 28:8 – And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.
The women leave the empty tomb with fear and great joy and run to tell the disciples that Jesus is risen.
Luke 1:14 – And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
The angel tells Zechariah that his son John will bring joy and gladness to him and to many others.
Luke 1:46-47 – And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Mary begins her song of praise by saying her spirit rejoices in God her Savior after hearing she will bear Jesus.
Luke 2:10-11 – And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
The angel tells frightened shepherds the news of Jesus' birth is great joy for all people, not just for a few.
Luke 6:22-23 – Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company , and shall reproach you , and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
Jesus says people who are hated for following him should leap for joy, since the prophets were treated the same way.
Luke 10:20 – Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
After the seventy return thrilled by their success, Jesus says the deeper cause for gladness is that their names are written in heaven.
Luke 15:7 – I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
In the parable of the lost sheep, Jesus says heaven celebrates over one person who turns back more than over many who need no repentance.
Luke 15:10 – Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
After the lost coin is found, Jesus says the angels of God rejoice in the same way over a single sinner who repents.
Luke 15:32 – It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
The father in the parable tells the angry older son that celebration was the only fitting response to his brother's return.
Luke 24:52-53 – And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
After Jesus ascends, the disciples return to Jerusalem with great joy and spend their time praising God in the temple.
John 3:29 – He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
John the Baptist compares himself to the bridegroom's friend, who is glad just to hear the groom's voice, and says his joy is complete.
John 15:11 – These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
Jesus says he has taught his disciples about abiding in him so his own joy may be in them and be complete.
John 16:20 – Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
Jesus warns the disciples they will grieve while the world celebrates, but promises their sorrow will turn into joy.
John 16:22 – And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
Using the picture of coming sorrow, Jesus tells his disciples he will see them again, and no one will take their joy away.
John 16:24 – Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Jesus encourages the disciples to ask the Father in his name, so their joy may be full.
John 17:13 – And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
In his prayer before his arrest, Jesus asks that his followers may have his own joy fully in themselves.
Acts 2:28 – Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
Peter quotes David's psalm to say God fills with joy in his presence, applying it to Jesus' resurrection.
Acts 5:41 – And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
After being beaten by the council, the apostles leave glad that they were counted worthy to suffer disgrace for Jesus' name.
Acts 8:8 – And there was great joy in that city.
When Philip preaches and heals people in Samaria, the whole city is filled with great joy.
Acts 13:52 – And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
Even though they were driven out of Pisidian Antioch, the new disciples there were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.
Acts 16:34 – And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
After the earthquake and his conversion, the jailer feeds Paul and Silas and rejoices with his whole household that he believes in God.
Romans 5:11 – And not only so , but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
Paul says believers do more than receive forgiveness; they also rejoice in God through Jesus, who has reconciled them to him.
Romans 12:12 – Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Paul gives three short habits for Christians: rejoice in hope, stay patient in trouble and keep praying.
Romans 14:17 – For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Writing about disputes over food, Paul says God's kingdom is about righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, not eating and drinking.
Romans 15:13 – Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Paul closes with a prayer that the God of hope would fill the Roman believers with joy and peace as they trust him.
2 Corinthians 6:10 – As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Paul describes his hard life in paradoxes: sorrowful yet always rejoicing, poor yet making many rich.
2 Corinthians 8:2 – How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
Paul says the Macedonian churches gave generously out of overflowing joy even though they were suffering and very poor.
2 Corinthians 9:7 – Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Paul teaches that each person should give what they have decided in their heart, gladly, not reluctantly or under pressure.
Galatians 5:22-23 – But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Paul lists joy among the qualities the Holy Spirit produces in a believer's life, alongside love and peace.
Philippians 1:3-4 – I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
Writing from prison, Paul says he prays for the Philippian church with joy every time he remembers them.
Philippians 2:2 – Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Paul asks the Philippians to complete his joy by being united in love and purpose.
Philippians 3:1 – Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
Paul tells the Philippians to rejoice in the Lord, and says repeating this message is no burden to him and keeps them safe.
Philippians 4:4 – Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Paul, writing as a prisoner, tells the church to rejoice in the Lord always and repeats the command for emphasis.
Colossians 1:11-12 – Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Paul prays that the Colossians will be strengthened for endurance and patience and joyfully give thanks to the Father.
1 Thessalonians 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:
Paul says the Thessalonians welcomed the message with joy from the Holy Spirit even though it brought them much suffering.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 – Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Paul's brief instructions: rejoice always, pray constantly and give thanks in all circumstances, which he says is God's will.
Philemon 1:7 – For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
Paul tells Philemon that his love has brought him great joy and encouragement, because it has refreshed other believers.
Hebrews 12:2 – Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews urges readers to look to Jesus, who endured the cross for the joy ahead of him and now sits at God's right hand.
James 1:2-3 – My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this , that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
James tells Christians to consider trials as a reason for joy, because tested faith produces endurance.
1 Peter 1:8-9 – Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
Peter says believers who love Jesus without having seen him rejoice with a joy beyond words as they receive salvation.
1 Peter 4:13 – But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Peter encourages suffering believers to be glad that they share in Christ's sufferings, with joy at his glory still to come.
1 John 1:3-4 – That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
John says he writes about what he saw and heard of Jesus so that readers share fellowship and so that joy may be complete.
3 John 1:4 – I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
John writes to Gaius that nothing makes him happier than hearing that his spiritual children are living faithfully by the truth.
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,
Jude's closing praise is to the God who can keep believers from falling and bring them before his glory with great joy.

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