2 Timothy 1:4
As I remember your weeping, I want to see you, that I may be filled with simcha.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 126:5They that sow in dimah (tears) 1 shall reap in rinnah (joyful song). 1
Jeremiah 31:13And I will satisfy the nefesh of the Kohanim with deshen (fatness, abundance) 1 and My people shall be sated with My Tuv (Bounty, Goodness), saith Hashem. 1
John 16:24Until now you did not ask anything b'Shem of me. Ask and you will receive that the simcha of you may be shleimah.
Acts 20:31Therefore, be shomer, remembering that for shloshah shanim, yomam v'lailah, I did not stop admonishing each one of you with tears.
Romans 1:11For I am longing to see you, that I may impart to you some mattanah ruchanit (spiritual gift) for the tachlis (purpose) of imparting chizzuk (strengthening, encouragement) to you and be mechazek (be strengthened spiritually);
Philippians 1:8For der Oybershter is mine eidus (G-d is my witness) how I yearn for all of you with the ahavas Moshiach Yehoshua.
Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 1:2-6
Second Timothy This second epistle Paul wrote to Timothy from Rome, when he was a prisoner there and in danger of his life; this is evident from these words, I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand, ch. iv. 6 . It appears that his removal out of this world, in his own apprehension, was not far off, especially considering the rage and malice of his persecutors; and that he had been brought before the emperor Nero, which he calls his first answer, when no man stood with him, but all men… Read the whole commentary →