2 Timothy 1:4

As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy.

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In The King James Version

Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

In Context

3I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers, with a clean conscience, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day.

5I have been reminded of your genuine faith, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that it lives in you also.

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Cross References

Psalms 126:5Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. 1

Jeremiah 31:13Then virgins will rejoice with dancing, and young and old men will be together. 1 For I will change their mourning into celebration. I will have compassion on them and cause them to rejoice instead of sorrowing. 1

John 16:24Until now you have not asked anything in my name. Ask, and you will receive so that your joy will be fulfilled.

Acts 20:31So be on guard. Remember that for three years I did not stop instructing every one of you with tears night and day.

Romans 1:11For I desire to see you, that I may give you some spiritual gift, in order to strengthen you.

Philippians 1:8For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the compassion of Christ Jesus.

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 →

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