^{15 Ref} Where then is that happy condition of yours? because I give you witness, that, if possible, you would have taken out your eyes and given them to me.

^{16 Ref} So then am I no longer your friend, because I give you true words?

^{17 Ref} Their interest in you is not good; but their desire is that you may be shut out, so that you may go after them.

^{18 Ref} But it is good to have an interest in a good cause at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

^{19 Ref} My children, of whom I am again in birth-pains till Christ is formed in you,

^{20 Ref} Truly my desire is to be present with you now, using a changed voice; for I am troubled about you.