True joy is a by-product, not a goal.
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His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
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Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
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But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;