AftersomedaysPaulsaidto Barnabas,"Let us returnand visitthe brethrenin everycityin whichwe proclaimedthe wordof the Lord,[and see] howthey are."
EverydayMordecaiwalkedbackand forth in frontof the courtof the haremto learnhowEstherwas and howshe fared.
Then Mosesdepartedand returnedto Jethrohis father-in-lawand saidto him, "Please,let me go,that I may returnto my brethrenwhoare in Egypt,and seeif they are stillalive."And Jethrosaidto Moses,"Goin peace."
Thereforethussaysthe LORDGodof Israelconcerningthe shepherdswho are tendingMy people:"You have scatteredMy flockand driventhem away,and have not attendedto them; behold,I am about to attendto you for the evilof your deeds,"declaresthe LORD.
naked,and you clothedMe; I was sick,and you visitedMe; I was in prison,and you cameto Me.'
I was a stranger,and you did not inviteMe in; naked,and you did not clotheMe; sick,and in prison,and you did not visitMe.'
Thenthe proconsulbelievedwhen he sawwhat had happened,being amazedat the teachingof the Lord.
So,being sentout by the HolySpirit,they went downto Seleuciaand from therethey sailedto Cyprus.
But they shook offthe dustof their feet[in protest] againstthem and wentto Iconium.
In Iconiumthey enteredthe synagogueof the Jewstogether,and spokein such a mannerthat a largenumber of peoplebelieved,bothof Jewsand of Greeks.
After they had preached the gospelto that cityand had mademanydisciples,they returnedto Lystraand to Iconiumand to Antioch,
they became awareof it and fledto the citiesof Lycaonia,Lystraand Derbe,and the surrounding region;
"But whenhe was approachingthe ageof forty,it enteredhis mindto visithis brethren,the sonsof Israel.
For I longto seeyou sothat I may impartsomespiritualgiftto you, that you may be established;
Apartfrom [such] externalthings, there is the dailypressureon me [of] concernfor allthe churches.
Onlyconductyourselves in a manner worthyof the gospelof Christ,sothat whetherI comeand seeyou orremain absent,I will hearof you that you are standing firmin onespirit,with onemindstriving togetherfor the faithof the gospel;
But nowthat Timothyhas cometo us from you, and has brought us good newsof your faithand love,and that you alwaysthinkkindlyof us, longingto seeus justas we alsolong to see you,
longingto seeyou, even as I recallyour tears,sothat I may be filledwith joy.
