I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affections of Jesus Christ.

Therefore, my beloved and longed-for brethren, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, beloved.

And King David longed to go to Absalom. For he had been comforted concerning Amnon, because he had died.

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be strengthened;

and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,

Reproach has broken My heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for someone to show pity, but there was no one; and for comforters, but I found none.

Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, but a good word makes it glad.

to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the mantle of praise for the spirit of heaviness; so that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that He might be glorified.

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and in extreme anguish.

that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,

Then David spoke to Jehovah when he saw the Angel who was striking the people, and said, Surely I have sinned, and I have committed iniquity; but these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, be against me and against my father's house.

Jesus wept.

Then the Jews said, See how He loved him.

Then Paul answered, What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the Law of Christ.

Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my afflictions on your behalf, which is your glory.