But we, my brothers, being away from you for a short time, in body but not in heart, had all the more desire to see your face;

And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.

And, truly, you are lovers of all the brothers in Macedonia; but it is our desire that your love may be increased still more;