Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
No greater joy can I have than this, to hear that my children follow the truth.
For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
But if any one has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?
Obey your leaders and submit to them; for they are keeping watch over your souls, as men who will have to give account. Let them do this joyfully, and not sadly, for that would be of no advantage to you.
Therefore, my brethren, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.
For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
Therefore we are comforted. And besides our own comfort we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his mind has been set at rest by you all.
For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?
for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give recognition to such men.