for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give recognition to such people.
For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
Therefore we are comforted. And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.
We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you,
I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts,
so that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.
Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a faithful messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters.
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you— for this reason, brothers, in all our distress and affliction we have been comforted about you through your faith.
But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus, and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted by you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.
Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God. Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and you know that our testimony is true.
Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.
I am the more eager to send him, therefore, that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious. So receive him in the Lord with all joy, and honor such men,
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