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New American Standard Bible

2 Timothy 1:4

longing to see you, even as I recall your tears, so that I may be filled with joy.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Love;   Timothy;   Scofield Reference Index - Assurance-Security;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Joy;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Universalists;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Timothy;   Timothy, the Second Epistle to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Titus, Epistle to;   2 Timothy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Sanctification, Sanctify;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Cheerfulness ;   Lust;   Paul;   Timothy and Titus Epistles to;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Tim'othy;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 19;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Remembering your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.
King James Version (1611)
Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindfull of thy teares, that I may bee filled with ioy,
King James Version
Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
English Standard Version
As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy.
New Century Version
Remembering that you cried for me, I want very much to see you so I can be filled with joy.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
longing to see you, even as I recall your tears, so that I may be filled with joy.
Legacy Standard Bible
longing to see you, having remembered your tears, so that I may be filled with joy,
Berean Standard Bible
Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.
Contemporary English Version
I remember how you cried, and I want to see you, because that will make me truly happy.
Complete Jewish Bible
I am reminded of your tears, and I long to see you, so that I might be filled with joy.
Darby Translation
earnestly desiring to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
Easy-to-Read Version
I remember that you cried for me. I want very much to see you so that I can be filled with joy.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Desiring to see thee, mindefull of thy teares, that I may be filled with ioy:
George Lamsa Translation
I am anxious to see you; I still remember your tears; I am filled with joy,
Good News Translation
I remember your tears, and I want to see you very much, so that I may be filled with joy.
Lexham English Bible
longing to see you as I remember your tears, so that I may be filled with joy,
Literal Translation
longing to see you, being reminded of your tears, that I may be filled with joy,
Amplified Bible
and as I recall your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.
American Standard Version
longing to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
Bible in Basic English
Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;
Hebrew Names Version
longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;
International Standard Version
recalling your tears and longing to see you so that I can be filled with joy.2 Timothy 4:9,21;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
and have longed to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy:
Murdock Translation
and I desire to see thee, and I call to mind thy tears; that I may be filled with joy,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Desiryng to see thee, myndefull of thy teares: that I may be fylled with ioy.
English Revised Version
longing to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
World English Bible
longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Longing to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
Weymouth's New Testament
being always mindful of your tears, and longing to see you that I may be filled with joy.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
niyt and dai, desirynge to se thee; hauynge mynde of thi teeris, that Y be fillid with ioye.
Update Bible Version
longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;
Webster's Bible Translation
Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
New English Translation
As I remember your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy.
New King James Version
greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy,
New Living Translation
I long to see you again, for I remember your tears as we parted. And I will be filled with joy when we are together again.
New Life Bible
When I remember your tears, it makes me want to see you. That would fill me with joy.
New Revised Standard
Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
longing to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, - in order that, with joy, I may be filled:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy:
Revised Standard Version
As I remember your tears, I long night and day to see you, that I may be filled with joy.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
desyrynge to se the myndfull of thy teares: so that I am filled with ioye
Young's Literal Translation
desiring greatly to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that with joy I may be filled,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and longe to se the (whan I remembre thy teares) so that I am fylled with ioye,
Mace New Testament (1729)
when I call to mind your affliction, it makes me ardently desire the exceeding pleasure I shall have in seeing you:
Simplified Cowboy Version
I can't wait to see you again. I remember the tears we shared when we shook hands and said goodbye. That memory will stay with me until it can be replaced with another handshake when we meet again.

Contextual Overview

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus, 2 To Timothy, my beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 3 I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience the way my forefathers did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day, 4 longing to see you, even as I recall your tears, so that I may be filled with joy.5 For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelled in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

desiring: 2 Timothy 4:9, 2 Timothy 4:21, Romans 1:11, Romans 15:30-32, Philippians 1:8, Philippians 2:26, 1 Thessalonians 2:17-20, 1 Thessalonians 3:1

being: Acts 20:19, Acts 20:31, Acts 20:37, Acts 20:38, Revelation 7:17, Revelation 21:4

filled: Psalms 126:5, Isaiah 61:3, Jeremiah 31:13, John 16:22, John 16:24, 1 John 1:4

Reciprocal: Genesis 43:30 - wept there Mark 9:24 - with Acts 11:23 - seen Acts 15:36 - and see Acts 21:13 - to weep Romans 1:12 - that I may Romans 15:23 - and Philippians 2:28 - ye see Colossians 1:9 - do 2 John 1:12 - that

Cross-References

Genesis 1:10
And God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering of the waters He called "seas"; and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:12
The earth produced vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, according to their kind; and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:18
and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:25
God made the animals of the earth according to their kind, and the livestock according to their kind, and everything that crawls on the ground according to its kind; and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:31
And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Ecclesiastes 2:13
Then I saw that wisdom surpasses foolishness as light surpasses darkness.
Ecclesiastes 11:7
The light is pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Greatly desiring to see thee,.... In his former epistle he had desired him to stay at Ephesus, there being some work for him to do, which made it necessary he should continue; but now having answered the apostle's purpose, and he standing in need of him at Rome, being without any assistant there, some having left him, and others were left by him in other places, and others were sent by him elsewhere; and it having been some time since he saw Timothy, he longed for a sight of him:

being mindful of thy tears; shed either at the afflictions and sufferings of the apostle, of which Timothy, being his companion, was an eyewitness, and he being of a truly Christian sympathizing spirit, wept with those that wept; or at their parting from each other, as in Acts 20:37

that I may be filled with joy; at the sight of him, and not at the remembrance of his tears; for the last clause is to be read in a parenthesis, and these words stand not connected with that, but with the preceding part of the text. The apostle intimates, that a sight of his dearly beloved son Timothy would fill him with joy amidst all his troubles and afflictions he endured for the Gospel: this is an instance of hearty, sincere, and strong affection.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Greatly desiring to see thee; - see 2 Timothy 4:9, 2 Timothy 4:21. It was probably on, account of this earnest desire that this Epistle was written. He wished to see him, not only on account of the warm friendship which he had for him, but because he would be useful to him in his present circumstances; see the introduction, Section 3.

Being mindful of thy tears - Alluding probably to the tears which he shed at parting from him. The occasion to which he refers is not mentioned; but nothing is more probable than that Timothy would weep when separated from such a father and friend. It is not wrong thus to weep, for religion is not intended to make us stoics or savages.

That I may be filled with joy - By seeing you again. It is easy to imagine what joy it would give Paul, then a prisoner, and forsaken by nearly all his friends, and about to die, to see a friend whom he loved as he did this young man. Learn hence, that there may be very pure and warm friendship between an old and young man, and that the warmth of true friendship is not diminished by the near prospect of death.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Timothy 1:4. Being mindful of thy tears — Whether the apostle refers to the affecting parting with the Ephesian Church, mentioned Acts 20:37, or to the deep impressions made on Timothy's heart when he instructed him in the doctrine of Christ crucified, or to some interview between themselves, it is not certainly known. The mention of this by the apostle is no small proof of his most affectionate regards for Timothy, whom he appears to have loved as a father loves his only son.


 
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