John 3:29; John 15:11; John 16:20; John 16:21; John 16:22; John 16:24; John 17:13

John 3:29

29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.

John 15:11

11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.

John 16:20

20 Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.

John 16:21

21 A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.

John 16:22

22 So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.

John 16:24

24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.

John 17:13

13 “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them.