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1 Thessalonians 2:20

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For ye are our glory and joy.
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  1. 2 Corinthians 1:14Rank 1 from verse 20
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    14As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

  2. 1 Corinthians 11:7Rank 2 from verse 20
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    7For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

  3. Proverbs 17:6Rank 3 from verse 20
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    6Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

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1 Thessalonians 2:20

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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glory

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Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.

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joy

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Sense 1: Gladness, delight, or rejoicing. Sense 2: To rejoice, delight, or be glad.

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2:19For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

2:20For ye are our glory and joy.

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3:1WHEREFORE when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;

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