1 Thessalonians 2:17
But we, my brothers, being away from you for a short time, in body but not in heart, had all the more desire to see your face;
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Genesis 45:28And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is still living; I will go and see him before my death.
2 Samuel 13:39And the heart of David was wasted with desire for Absalom: for he was comforted for the death of Amnon.
Psalms 63:1A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of Judah.
Acts 17:10And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews.
Romans 15:23But now, having no longer any place in these parts and having had for a number of years a great desire to come to you,
Philippians 1:22But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make.
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 2:14-17
Effects of the Christian Ministry. ( a. d. 51.) 13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. 14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judæa are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: 15 Who both killed the Lord… Read the whole commentary →