Rejoice always.
Rejoice evermore.
Pray without ceasing.
In every thing give thanks.
Rejoice in the Lord alway:
and again I say, Rejoice.
Rejoice always is the command in 1 Thessalonians 5:16. It is the first of three short commands: rejoice evermore, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks. These are the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Joy is not a feeling that depends on circumstances. It is a response rooted in the Lord. Paul repeats the call in Philippians: Rejoice in the Lord alway, and again I say, Rejoice.
- The command is absolute. Rejoice evermore.
- It is joined to prayer and thanksgiving.
- It is the will of God.
- Joy is a fruit of the Spirit and a mark of the church.
- The Thessalonians received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost.
Rejoice always. The command does not wait for better circumstances. It stands in the Lord.
Rejoice evermore.
Pray without ceasing.
In every thing give thanks.
Rejoice in the Lord alway:
and again I say, Rejoice.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:16 is the direct command: Rejoice evermore.
- It is grouped with prayer and thanksgiving as the will of God.
- Philippians 4:4 repeats the call: Rejoice in the Lord alway.
- Joy can exist in affliction, as the Thessalonians demonstrated.
- The source is the Lord, not the circumstances.
- The Command – Rejoice evermore.
- The Object – In the Lord.
- The Company – With pray without ceasing and in everything give thanks.
- The Will – This is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
- The Source – The Lord, not the circumstances.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:16 – “Rejoice evermore.”
- 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.”
- Philippians 4:4 – “Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.”
- 1 Thessalonians 1:6 – “Having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost.”
- Galatians 5:22 – “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace…”
Rejoice evermore.
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost.
Rejoice always is the command. It stands with prayer and thanksgiving. It is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
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