1 Thessalonians 2:17

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Summary

But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.

In presence

Endeavoured

Bible References

In presence

And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants?

And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews.

For I myself, being present in spirit though not in body, have come to a decision about him who has done this thing;

For though I am not present in the flesh, still I am with you in the spirit, seeing with joy your order, and your unchanging faith in Christ.

Endeavoured

But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you;

And now, it seems, you are going because your heart's desire is for your father's house; but why have you taken my gods?

And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is still living; I will go and see him before my death.

And Israel said to Joseph, I had no hope of seeing your face again, but God in his mercy has let me see you and your children.

And the heart of David was wasted with desire for Absalom: for he was comforted for the death of Amnon.

O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;

And he said, I have had a great desire to keep this Passover with you before I come to my death;

You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.

But now, having no longer any place in these parts and having had for a number of years a great desire to come to you,

But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make.