9How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you?


In Context

6 But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought good news about your faith and love. He has told us that you always have pleasant memories of us and that you long to see us, just as we also long to see you.

7 Therefore, brothers, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith.

8 For now we really live, since you are standing firm in the Lord.

9 How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you?

10 Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith.

11 Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you.

1st Thessalonians 3:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:9For what thanks can we return to God for you, in all the joy wherewith we rejoice for you before our God,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:9For what thanksgiving can we render again unto God for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you, for all the joy wherewith we rejoice on account of you before our God,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:9For what thanksgiving can we render again unto God for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9for what thanks are we able to recompense to God for you, for all the joy with which we do joy because of you in the presence of our God?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy with which we joy for your sakes before our God;