8 Bible Verses about Affection, Of Paul For The Church

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

My dear children! for whom I, again, am in birth-pains, until Christ be formed within you; -

Apart from the things without, my daily care, - my anxiety for all the assemblies; -

If there be, therefore, any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any tender affections and compassions, Fill ye up my joy - that, the same thing, ye esteem, the same love, possessing, joined in soul, the one thing, esteeming, -

But we became gentle in your midst, - as though, a nursing mother, had been cherishing her own children: Thus, yearning after you, we could have been well-pleased to impart unto you - not only the glad-message of God, but, our own lives also, - because, very dear to us, had ye become.

For this cause, I bow my knees unto the Father, -

We are giving thanks unto God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always, for you, offering prayer, -

For this cause, I also, - having heard of the faith on your part in the Lord Jesus, and that towards all the saints, Cease not giving thanks in your behalf, making mention in my prayers,