19 Versículos Bíblicos sobre Alegria e Felicidade, e a Distinção que Não está no Texto

The famous distinction between joy and happiness is not in the Bible. It is a good sermon and a useful idea, but Hebrew and Greek do not keep the two apart: the words behind gladness, joy, cheerfulness and blessedness overlap heavily, and English translators have swapped happy and blessed for the same Greek word for centuries. What Scripture does do with joy is stranger and more helpful than the distinction. It locates joy somewhere specific, it puts joy and grief…