¶ I sent him therefore the diligentlier, that when ye should see him, ye might rejoice again, and I might be the less sorrowful.
And ye now are in sorrow: but I will see you again, and your hearts shall rejoice, and your joy shall no man take from you.
sorrowing, most of all, for the words, which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.
And I wrote this same pistel unto you, lest if I came, I should take heaviness of them, of whom I ought to rejoice. Certainly this confidence have I in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness, and make much of such:
desiring to see thee, mindful of thy tears: so that I am filled with joy,