I beseech you, moreover, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers on my behalf unto God, -

For God is, my witness, how I long for you all in the tender affections of Christ Jesus.

Since he hath been longing to see, you all, and hath been in great distress, because ye had heard he was sick; -

Now, we, brethren, having been bereaved away from you, for the season of an hour, - in presence, not in heart, gave more abundant diligence, your face, to behold, with much longing;

Wherefore, no longer concealing our anxiety, we were well-pleased to be left in Athens, alone,

Being

doing service unto the Lord, with all humility and tears, and temptations which befell me through the plots of the Jews:

Because, the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne, shall shepherd them, and shall lead them unto life's fountains of waters; and God shall wipe away every tear out of their eyes.

And he will wipe away every tear out of their eyes, - and, death, shall be no more, and grief and outcry and pain shall be no more: the first things, have passed away.

Filled

They who are sowing with tears, with shouting, shall reap:

To appoint unto the mourners of Zion - To give unto them A chaplet instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of the spirit of dejection, - So shall they be called The oaks of righteousness, The plantation of Yahweh: That he may get himself glory

Then shall the virgin rejoice, in the dance, And young men and elders rejoice together, And I will turn their mourning into gladness and will comfort them, And will make them rejoice from their sorrow;

And, ye, therefore, now, indeed have grief; but, again, will I see you, and your heart shall rejoice, - and, your joy, no one, shall force from you.

And, these things, are we writing, in order that, our joy, may be made full.

General references

Give diligence to come unto me speedily,