Simeon has related how God first showed his concern by taking from the Gentiles a people for his name.

But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

Besides such external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches.

I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at last you have revived your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned before, but you had no opportunity.