²⁶ Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill:

⁸ For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.

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

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.

¹⁴ While their hearts go out to you in love and in prayer for you, because of the great grace of God which is in you.

² Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.

¹³ For this reason it is my prayer that you may not become feeble because of my troubles for you, which are your glory.

³ I give praise to my God at every memory of you,

¹ So my brothers, well loved and very dear to me, my joy and crown, be strong in the Lord, my loved ones.

⁶ You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,

² That I am full of sorrow and pain without end.

¹¹ For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;

¹³ Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

¹⁷ And when David saw the angel who was causing the destruction of the people, he said to the Lord, Truly, the sin is mine; I have done wrong: but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand be against me and against my family.

²⁷ If I say, I will put my grief out of mind, I will let my face be sad no longer and I will be bright;

²⁰ My heart is broken by bitter words, I am full of grief; I made a search for some to have pity on me, but there was no one; I had no comforter.

²⁵ Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.

³ To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.

²⁸ Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.

³⁷ And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became sad and very troubled.

³⁵ And Jesus himself was weeping.

³⁶ So the Jews said, See how dear he was to him!

³⁹ And the heart of David was wasted with desire for Absalom: for he was comforted for the death of Amnon.