¹³ So we have been comforted: and we had the greater joy in our comfort because of the joy of Titus, for his spirit had been made glad by you all.

⁶ But God who gives comfort to the poor in spirit gave us comfort by the coming of Titus;

³² So that I may come to you in joy by the good pleasure of God, and have rest with you.

⁸ Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:

²⁰ So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.

¹⁶ May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus because he frequently gave me help, and had no feeling of shame because I was in chains;

²⁸ I have sent him, then, the more gladly, so that when you see him again, you may be happy and I may have the less sorrow.

¹⁵ And his love to you is the more increased by his memory of you all, how you gave way to his authority, and how you took him to your hearts with fear and honour.

¹³ I had no rest in my spirit because Titus my brother was not there: so I went away from them, and came into Macedonia.

³ And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.

¹³ Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.

⁵ Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;

⁶ It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;

⁷ Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

²⁶ And if there is pain in one part of the body, all the parts will be feeling it; or if one part is honoured, all the parts will be glad.

¹⁵ Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing.