⁵ For even though I am ^(A)absent in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, rejoicing ^[a]to see ^[b]your ^(B)good discipline and the ^(C)stability of your faith in Christ.

¹⁷ But we, brethren, having been taken away from you for a ^[a]short while—^(A)in ^[b]person, not in ^[c]spirit—were all the more eager with great desire ^(B)to see your face.