⁷ For we ^[a]have great ^[b]joy and ^[c]consolation in your love, because the ^[d]hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.

The Joy of Titus

¹³ Therefore we have been comforted in your comfort. And we rejoiced exceedingly more for the joy of Titus, because his spirit ^(A)has been refreshed by you all.

⁹ For what thanks can we render to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sake before our God,

^4 (A)Great is my boldness of speech toward you, ^(B)great is my boasting on your behalf. ^(C)I am filled with comfort. I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.

³ For I ^(A)rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth. ⁴ I have no greater ^(B)joy than to hear that ^(C)my children walk in ^[a]truth.

Gaius Commended for Generosity

⁵ Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the brethren ^[b]and for strangers, ⁶ who have borne witness of your love before the church. If you send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God, you will do well,

²⁰ Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Lord.

¹⁹ For ^(A)what is our hope, or joy, or ^(B)crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the ^(C)presence of our Lord Jesus Christ ^(D)at His coming?

Walk in Christ’s Commandments

⁴ I ^(A)rejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father.

¹⁶ The Lord grant mercy to the ^(A)household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;

Their Conversion

¹³ For this reason we also thank God ^(A)without ceasing, because when you ^(B)received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it ^(C)not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively ^(D)works in you who believe.