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Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see [him] not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

Whom {G3739} having {G1492} not {G3756} seen {G1492}{G1492}, ye love {G25}; in {G1519} whom {G3739}, though now {G737} ye see {G3708} him not {G3361}, yet {G1161} believing {G4100}, ye rejoice {G21} with joy {G5479} unspeakable {G412} and {G2532} full of glory {G1392}:

Without having seen him, you love him. Without seeing him now, but trusting in him, you continue to be full of joy that is glorious beyond words.

Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

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Cross-References

  • John 20:29 (42 votes)

    Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed [are] they that have not seen, and [yet] have believed.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:7 (27 votes)

    (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

  • Romans 15:13 (23 votes)

    ¶ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

  • Hebrews 11:1 (18 votes)

    ¶ Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

  • John 16:22 (18 votes)

    And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:18 (12 votes)

    While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen [are] temporal; but the things which are not seen [are] eternal.

  • 1 Peter 1:6 (10 votes)

    ¶ Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: