Answer: Believers in Jesus Christ are filled with an
inexpressible and glorious joy, (verse 8).
MORE INFORMATION AND/OR OTHER SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:
Psalm 126:2-3: "Our mouths were
filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it
was said among the nations, 'The Lord has done great things
for them.' The Lord has done great things for us, and
we are filled with joy."
Acts 16:34: "The jailer brought
them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with
joy because he had come to believe in God--he and his whole
family."
Romans 5:1-5: "Therefore, since we
have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through
our Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom we have gained access by faith
into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope
of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our
sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does
not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our
hearts by the Holy Spirit, Whom He has given us."
Romans 5:9-11: "Since we have now
been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from
God's wrath through Him! For if, when we were God's enemies,
we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much
more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His
life! Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through
our Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom we have now received
reconciliation."
Philippians 4:4: "Rejoice in the
Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!"
