and you have modeled your lives after ours just as we are modeling ours after the Lord. You took to heart the word we taught with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit, even in the face of trouble.

Brothers and sisters, you yourselves know that our coming to you was not a waste of time.

Brothers and sisters, we are like orphans, separated from you for a short time (in presence, yes, but not in heart); and we desperately desire to see your faces again.

May God Himself, our Father, along with our Lord Jesus, [the Anointed One,] navigate our way to you.

so that your hearts will be reinforced with His strength, held blameless and holy before God, our Father, when our Lord Jesus, [the Anointed, the Liberating King,] appears along with all His holy ones. [Amen.]

When you think about them, let it be with great love in your heart because of all the work they have done. Let peace live and reign among you.