but I will come quickly unto you, if the Lord may will, and I will know not the word of those puffed up, but the power;

what do ye wish? with a rod shall I come unto you, or in love, with a spirit also of meekness?

And we, brethren, having been taken from you for the space of an hour -- in presence, not in heart -- did hasten the more abundantly to see your face in much desire,

wherefore we wished to come unto you, (I indeed Paul,) both once and again, and the Adversary did hinder us;

for what thanks are we able to recompense to God for you, for all the joy with which we do joy because of you in the presence of our God?