Verse 15

Where then is your sense of happiness now? For I testify about you that if it were possible, you would have pulled out your eyes and given them to me!

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 4:6-9 : 6 So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: 7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; 8 blessed is the one against whom the Lord will never count sin.” 9 Is this blessedness then for the circumcision or also for the uncircumcision? For we say,“faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.”
  • Rom 5:2 : 2 through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God’s glory.
  • Rom 9:3 : 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed– cut off from Christ– for the sake of my people, my fellow countrymen,
  • Rom 10:2 : 2 For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.
  • Rom 15:13 : 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
  • 2 Cor 8:3 : 3 For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily,
  • Gal 3:14 : 14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.
  • Gal 4:19 : 19 My children– I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you!
  • Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  • Gal 6:4 : 4 Let each one examine his own work. Then he can take pride in himself and not compare himself with someone else.
  • Col 4:13 : 13 For I can testify that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and Hierapolis.
  • 1 Thess 2:8 : 8 with such affection for you we were happy to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.
  • 1 Thess 5:13 : 13 and to esteem them most highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
  • 1 John 3:16-18 : 16 We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians. 17 But whoever has the world’s possessions and sees his fellow Christian in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of God reside in such a person? 18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.
  • Luke 8:13 : 13 Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in a time of testing fall away.