Catholic Public Domain Version
"desiring to see you, recalling your tears so as to be filled with joy, "
— 2 Timothy 1:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;”
“longing to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; ”
“longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;”
“As I remember your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy.”
“Desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy:”
“Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;”
“Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;”
Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, in accord with the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,
to Timothy, most beloved son. Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.
I give thanks to God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. For without ceasing I hold the remembrance of you in my prayers, night and day,
desiring to see you, recalling your tears so as to be filled with joy,
calling to mind the same faith, which is in you unfeigned, which also first dwelt in your grandmother, Lois, and in your mother, Eunice, and also, I am certain, in you.
Because of this, I admonish you to revive the grace of God, which is in you by the imposition of my hands.
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint.