For they have refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore recognise such people.
For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
For this reason we have been comforted. In addition to our own comfort, we rejoiced even more over the joy Titus had, because his spirit was refreshed by all of you.
Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to give recognition to those who labour among you and lead you in the Lord and admonish you,
I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know how we are and so that he may encourage your hearts.
and that, by God’s will, I may come to you with joy and be refreshed together with you.
Good news from a distant land is like cold water to a parched throat. ,
To those who send him, a trustworthy envoy is like the coolness of snow on a harvest day; he refreshes the life of his masters.
I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are walking in truth.
Yes, brother, may I benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.
Remember your leaders who have spoken God’s word to you. As you carefully observe the outcome of their lives, imitate their faith.