2 Timothy 1:4

WEB

⁴longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;

KJV

⁴Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

BSB

⁴Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.

FBV

⁴I remember how you cried, and I so want to see you! That would make me really happy.

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Extra References

2 Timothy 4:21

²¹Be diligent to come before winter. Eubulus salutes you, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers.

Philippians 1:8

⁸For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

Revelation 7:17

¹⁷for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

³⁰Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me, ³¹that I may be delivered from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, ³²that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest.

John 16:22

²²Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

Acts 20:37-38

³⁷They all wept freely, and fell on Paul’s neck and kissed him, ³⁸sorrowing most of all because of the word which he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

Isaiah 61:3

³to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.

Psalms 126:5

⁵Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.