As for the disciples, they were filled with joy and the holy Spirit.
and you started to copy us and the Lord, welcoming the word, though it brought you heavy trouble, with a joy inspired by the holy Spirit.
May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in your faith, that you may be overflowing with hope by the power of the holy Spirit!
But the harvest of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, good temper, kindliness, generosity, fidelity,
At their prayer the place of meeting was shaken, and they were all filled with the holy Spirit, speaking God's word fearlessly;
Amid a severe ordeal of trouble, their overflowing joy and their deep poverty together have poured out a flood of rich generosity;
Not only so, but we triumph even in our troubles, knowing that trouble produces endurance,
and they were all filled with the holy Spirit — they began to speak in foreign tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to express themselves.
rejoice and exult in it, for your reward is rich in heaven; that is how they persecuted the prophets before you.
You are sharing what Christ suffered; so rejoice in it, that you may also rejoice and exult when his glory is revealed.
Greet it as pure joy, my brothers, when you come across any sort of trial,
The Reign of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, it means righteousness, peace, and joy in the holy Spirit;
The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy of suffering dishonour for the sake of the Name;
Day after day they resorted with one accord to the temple and broke bread together in their own homes; they ate with a glad and simple heart,
So the disciples put aside money, as each of them was able to afford it, for a contribution to be sent to the brothers in Judaea.