Passage cross-references.

We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;

I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. …

Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

For 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? …

For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; …