And they took the lad away alive, and were not a little comforted.
Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed.
But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there; for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.
who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage your hearts.
and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the gospel of Christ, to establish you in your faith and to exhort you,
Therefore comfort one another with these words.
Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,