1 Thessalonians 2:8
In our strong affection for you, that seemed to us the best way of sharing with you, not only God's Good news, but our very lives as well--so dear had you become to us.
2 Corinthians 12:15
For my part, I will most gladly spend, and be spent, for your welfare. Can it be that the more intensely I love you the less I am to be loved?
1 John 3:16
We have learned to know what love is from this--that Christ laid down his life on our behalf. Therefore we also ought to lay down our lives on behalf of our Brothers.
Romans 1:11-12
For I long to see you, in order to impart to you some spiritual gift and so give you fresh strength--
Romans 9:1-3
I am speaking the truth as one in union with Christ; it is no lie; and my conscience, enlightened by the Holy Spirit,
Romans 10:1
Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for my People is for their Salvation.
Romans 15:29
And I know that, when I come to you, it will be with a full measure of blessing from Christ.
2 Corinthians 6:1
Therefore, as God's fellow-workers, we also appeal to you not to receive his loving-kindness in vain.
2 Corinthians 6:11-13
We have been speaking freely to you, men of Corinth; we have opened our heart;
Galatians 4:19
You for whom I am again enduring a mother's pains, till a likeness to Christ shall have been formed in you.
Philippians 1:8
God will bear me witness how I yearn over you all with the tenderness of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 2:17
And yet, even if, when your faith is offered as a sacrifice to God, my life-blood must be poured out in addition, still I shall rejoice and share the joy of you all;
Philippians 2:20
For I have no one but him to send--no one of kindred spirit who would take the same genuine interest in your welfare.
Philippians 2:25-26
Still I think it necessary to send Epaphroditus to you now, for he is my brother, fellow-worker, and fellow-soldier, and he was also your messenger to help me in my need.
Philippians 4:1
So then, my dear Brothers, whom I am longing to see--you who are my joy and my crown, stand fast in union with the Lord, dear friends.
Colossians 1:7
It is just what you learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow- servant, who, as a minister of the Christ, faithfully represents us,
Colossians 1:28
This is the Christ whom we proclaim, warning every one, and instructing every one, with all the wisdom that we possess, in the hope of bringing every one into God's presence perfected by union with Christ.
Colossians 4:12
Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, sends you his greeting. He is a servant of Christ Jesus, and is always most earnest in your behalf in his prayers, praying that you may stand firm, with a matured faith and with a sure conviction of all that is in accordance with God's will.
Hebrews 13:17
Obey your Leaders, and submit to their control, for they are watching over your souls, as men who will have to render an account, so that they may do it with joy, and not in sorrow. That would not be to your advantage.
Luke 7:2
A Captain in the Roman army had a slave whom he valued, and who was seriously ill--almost at the point of death.
Acts 20:23-24
Except that in town after town the Holy Spirit plainly declares to me that imprisonment and troubles await me.