But now that there are no further opportunities for me in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to visit you,
so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed.
I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.
in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.
After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. “
Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.
Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith.