ach. 13:43; 14:26; 20:24, 32; Rom. 5:15; 2 Cor. 6:1; Eph. 3:2, 7; Col. 1:6; Titus 2:11; Heb. 12:15; 1 Pet. 5:12; [ch. 4:33; 15:40]
b2 Tim. 3:10
cver. 28
dSee Acts 15:3
e[1 Cor. 16:18; 2 Cor. 7:13; Philem. 7, 20]
fch. 1:23; [ch. 12:20, 21; 13:10]
g[ch. 7:8]
hch. 8:22; Gal. 5:10; 2 Thess. 3:4; [ch. 7:16]
ich. 3:12
jch. 1:12; 8:24; 9:2
kch. 1:4; Phil. 2:17; Col. 1:24; [ch. 6:10]
lch. 2:13
m[Deut. 32:25; Lam. 1:20]
nch. 1:4
over. 13; [1 Thess. 3:6, 7]
pver. 6
qSee Rom. 15:32
r1 Cor. 5:3; Col. 2:5
sch. 3:10
tRom. 15:22; [Rom. 1:13]
uSee Phil. 4:1
v1 Cor. 15:31; [2 Thess. 1:4]; See 2 Cor. 1:14
wch. 3:13; 4:15; 5:23; Matt. 24:3; 1 Cor. 15:23; 2 Thess. 2:1, 8; James 5:7, 8; 2 Pet. 1:16; 3:4, 12; 1 John 2:28
y2 Cor. 1:4
zSee 1 Cor. 16:13
aa[ch. 1:2]
ab2 Tim. 1:3
acch. 2:17; [Rom. 1:10]
adSee 2 Cor. 13:9

Acts 11:23

23When he came and saw athe grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord bwith steadfast purpose,

Romans 15:24

24I hope to see you in passing as I go cto Spain, and dto be helped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a while.

Romans 15:32

32so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and ebe refreshed in your company.

2 Corinthians 2:1-3

1For I made up my mind fnot to make another painful visit to you. 2For gif I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? 3And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, hfor I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.

2 Corinthians 7:4-7

4I am acting with igreat boldness toward you; jI have great pride in you; kI am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy.

5For even lwhen we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn— mfighting without and fear within. 6But nGod, who comforts the downcast, ocomforted us by the coming of Titus, 7and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted by you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

2 Corinthians 7:13

13Therefore pwe are comforted.

And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit qhas been refreshed by you all.

1 Thessalonians 2:17-20

Paul’s Longing to See Them Again

17But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, rin person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire sto see you face to face, 18because we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, again and again—but Satan thindered us. 19For what is our hope or ujoy or crown of boasting vbefore our Lord Jesus at his wcoming? Is it not you? 20For you are our glory and joy.

1 Thessalonians 3:7-10

7for this reason, brothers, ▼
▼Or  brothers and sisters
 in all our distress and affliction ywe have been comforted about you through your faith. 8For now we live, if you zare standing fast in the Lord. 9For aawhat thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God, 10as we pray most earnestly abnight and day acthat we may see you face to face and adsupply what is lacking in your faith?

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