1 Thessalonians 2:17
But we, brethren, having been bereaved of you and separated for a little moment in person, not in heart, have used more abundant diligence to see your face with much desire;
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Genesis 45:28And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is yet alive; I will go and see him before I die.
2 Samuel 13:39And king David longed to go forth to Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
Psalms 63:1{A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah.} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water:
Acts 17:10But the brethren immediately sent away, in the night, Paul and Silas to Berea; who, being arrived, went away into the synagogue of the Jews.
Romans 15:23But now, having no longer place in these regions, and having great desire to come to you these many years,
Philippians 1:22but if to live in flesh [is my lot], this is for me worth the while: and what I shall choose I cannot tell.
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 →