So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.

I have nobody else like him who will genuinely care for your needs.

For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.

Nevertheless, you have done well to share in my affliction.

You are indeed our glory and our joy.

Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.

Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated.

You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.