1 Thessalonians 2:17
But we, brethren, having been for a short time separated from you in bodily presence, though not in heart, endeavoured all the more earnestly, with intense longing, to see you face to face.
1 Corinthians 5:3
I for my part, present with you in spirit although absent in body, have already, as though I were present, judged him who has so acted.
Colossians 2:5
For although, as you say, I am absent from you in body, yet in spirit I am present with you and am delighted to witness your good discipline and the solid front presented by your faith in Christ.
Luke 22:15
He said to them, "Earnestly have I longed to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;
Acts 17:10
The brethren at once sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea, and they, on their arrival, went to the synagogue of the Jews.
Romans 1:13
And I desire you to know, brethren, that I have many a time intended to come to you--though until now I have been disappointed--in order that among you also I might gather some fruit from my labours, as I have already done among the rest of the Gentile nations.
Romans 15:23
But now, as there is no more unoccupied ground in this part of the world, and I have for years past been eager to pay you a visit,
Philippians 1:22-26
But since to live means a longer stay on earth, that implies more labour for me--and not unsuccessful labour; and which I am to choose I cannot tell.
1 Thessalonians 3:6
But now that Timothy has recently come back to us from you, and has brought us the happy tidings of your faith and love, and has told us how you still cherish a constant and affectionate recollection of us, and are longing to see us as we also long to see you--
1 Thessalonians 3:10-11
while night and day, with intense earnestness, we pray that we may see your faces, and may bring to perfection whatever may be still lacking in your faith?