So I am specially eager to send him, that you may be glad when you see him again, and thus my own anxiety may be lightened.
So with you. Just now you are in sorrow, but I shall see you again and your heart will rejoice — with a joy that no one can take from you.
When I recall the tears you shed when we parted, I long by night and day to see you again. That would fill me with joy,
So the very reason I wrote was that I might not come only to be pained by those who ought to give me joy; I relied on you all, I felt sure that my joy would be a joy for everyone of you.
sorrowing chiefly because he told them they would never see his face again. Then they escorted him to the ship.
Give him a welcome in the Lord, then, with your hearts full of joy. Value men like that,