I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
1 John 1:4 - New International Version (Anglicised) We write this to make our joy complete. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And we are now writing these things to you so that our joy [in seeing you included] may be full [and your joy may be complete]. American Standard Version (1901) and these things we write, that our joy may be made full. Common English Bible We are writing these things so that our joy can be complete. Catholic Public Domain Version And this we write to you, so that you may rejoice, and so that your joy may be full. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And these things we write to you, that you may rejoice, and your joy may be full. |
I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.
The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm.
and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father – Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.