John Gill Commentary 1 Thessalonians 2:20

"For ye are our glory and our joy." — 1 Thessalonians 2:20 (ASV)

For you are our glory and joy .
] Or "our joy", as the Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions read; this is a repetition, and a confirmation of what is before said; and signifies that these saints were then the glory of the apostles, being the seals of their ministry; and whom they gloried of and rejoiced in, and hoped and believed they would be such, as would be their joy and crown in time to come, and for ever.