26 For he longs for all of you(A) and is distressed because you heard he was ill.

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26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

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God can testify(A) how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

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For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

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13 I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.

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13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

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15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.(A)

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15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

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    and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown(A) of beauty
    instead of ashes,(B)
the oil(C) of joy
    instead of mourning,(D)
and a garment of praise
    instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
    a planting(E) of the Lord
    for the display of his splendor.(F)

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To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

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25 Anxiety weighs down the heart,(A)
    but a kind word cheers it up.

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25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

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Closing Appeal for Steadfastness and Unity

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for,(A) my joy and crown, stand firm(B) in the Lord in this way, dear friends!

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Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

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I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

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That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

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37 He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee(A) along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled.

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37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

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28 “Come to me,(A) all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.(B)

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28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

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20 Scorn has broken my heart
    and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
    for comforters,(A) but I found none.(B)

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20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

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39 And King David longed to go to Absalom,(A) for he was consoled(B) concerning Amnon’s death.

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39 And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

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In all this you greatly rejoice,(A) though now for a little while(B) you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.(C)

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Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

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