4Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
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Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:
But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.
And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)Here is, I. The inscription of the epistle Paul calls himself an apostle by the will of God , merely by the good pleasure of God, and by his grace, which he professes himself unworthy of. According to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus , or according to the gospel. The gospel is the promise of life in Christ Jesus; life is the end, and Christ the way, John 14:6. The life is put into the…
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