1 THESSALONIANS 5:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Rejoice evermore.”
Rejoice always — the rejoicing (chairō) is not dependent on circumstance but rooted in salvation-reality. The adverb 'always' (pantote) indicates unceasing joy, not naive optimism but Gospel-grounded exultation.
Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 5:16
This is said with respect to the temptations that bring in affliction. Hear ye, as many as have fallen into poverty, or into distressing circumstances. For from these joy is engendered. For when we possess such a soul that we take revenge on no one, but do good to all, whence, tell me, will the sting of grief be able to enter into us? For he who so rejoices in suffering evil, as to requite even with benefits him that has done him evil, whence can he afterwards suffer grief?…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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