1 Peter 1:8

1:8 You ¹  have not seen him, but you love him. You ²  do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice ³  with an indescribable and glorious ⁴  joy,

Isaiah 25:9

25:9 At that time they will say, ⁵ 

“Look, here ⁶  is our God!

We waited for him and he delivered us.

Here ⁷  is the Lord! We waited for him.

Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!”

Isaiah 35:10

35:10 those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way. ⁸ 

They will enter Zion with a happy shout.

Unending joy will crown them, ⁹ 

happiness and joy will overwhelm ¹⁰  them;

grief and suffering will disappear. ¹¹ 

Isaiah 51:11

51:11 Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return;

they will enter Zion with a happy shout.

Unending joy will crown them, ¹² 

happiness and joy will overwhelm ¹³  them;

grief and suffering will disappear. ¹⁴ 

Matthew 25:21

25:21 His master answered, ¹⁵  ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful in a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’

Matthew 25:23

25:23 His master answered, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful with a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’

Matthew 25:34

25:34 Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

¹ tn Grk “whom not having seen, you love.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

² tn Grk “in whom not now seeing…” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

³ tn Grk “in whom not now seeing but believing, you exult.” The participles have been translated as finite verbs due to requirements of contemporary English style.

⁴ tn Grk “glorified.”

⁵ tn Heb “and one will say in that day.”

⁶ tn Heb “this [one].”

⁷ tn Heb “this [one].”

⁸ tn Heb “and the redeemed will walk, the ransomed of the Lord will return.”

⁹ tn Heb “[will be] on their head[s].” “Joy” may be likened here to a crown (cf. 2 Sam 1:10). The statement may also be an ironic twist on the idiom “earth/dust on the head” (cf. 2 Sam 1:2; 13:19; 15:32; Job 2:12), referring to a mourning practice.

¹⁰ tn Heb “will overtake” (NIV); NLT “they will be overcome with.”

¹¹ tn Heb “grief and groaning will flee”; KJV “sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”

¹² tn Heb “[will be] on their head[s].” “Joy” may be likened here to a crown (cf. 2 Sam 1:10). The statement may also be an ironic twist on the idiom “earth/dust on the head” (cf. 2 Sam 1:2; 13:19; 15:32; Job 2:12), referring to a mourning practice.

¹³ tn Heb “overtake” (so NIV); NASB “they will obtain.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “grief and groaning will flee.”

¹⁵ tn Grk “His master said to him.”