I warn those who speak thus that, when we visit you, our actions will not belie the impression which our letters make when we are at a distance.
I asked Titus to visit you, and there was the brother I sent with him; did Titus take any advantage of you? Did we not all follow the same course, and in the same spirit?
I have the fear that on this new visit God has humiliation in store for me when we meet; that I shall have tears to shed over many of you, sinners of old and still unrepentant, with a tale of impure, adulterous, and wanton living.
I give you now, still absent, the warning of my second visit; I have told you before, and tell you now, both those who have sinned already and all the rest of you, that I will shew no leniency next time I come.✻
Then, when three years had passed, I did go up to Jerusalem, to visit Peter, and I stayed a fortnight there in his company;✻
Yes, you shall be prouder of me than ever in Christ Jesus, when I come once again to visit you.
It is my hope in the Lord Jesus that I shall be sending Timothy to visit you before long; then I shall be able to refresh myself with news of you;
Yes, brethren, you yourselves can testify that when we arrived among you, it proved to be no fruitless visit.
Finding ourselves separated from you, brethren, even for a little while, though only in person, not in spirit, we conceived an overwhelming desire to visit you in person, such was our longing for you;
our own boasting, as we visit the churches of God, is of your perseverance and your faith amidst all the persecutions and trials which you have to endure.
you do not need to be reminded how, on our visit, we set you an example to be imitated; we were no vagabonds ourselves.
The charge we gave you on our visit was that the man who refuses to work must be left to starve.
So much I tell thee by letter, although I hope to pay thee a visit before long;
You must know that our brother Timothy has been set at liberty; if he comes soon, I will bring him with me when I visit you.
I might add to this letter, but I have thought it best not to entrust my message to paper and ink; I hope to visit you, and convey it by word of mouth, to give you happiness in full measure.
If I should pay you a visit, be sure I will tax him with his ill conduct. He maligns us with his foolish gossip; is not that enough for him, without refusing to acknowledge our brethren, and putting restraint on those who would, by expelling them from the church?
Remember the height from which thou hast fallen, and repent, and go back to the old ways; or else I will come to visit thee, and, when I find thee still unrepentant, will remove thy candlestick from its place.
Do thou, in thy turn, repent; or I will quickly come to visit thee, and fight against them with the sword of my mouth.✻
See where I stand at the door, knocking; if anyone listens to my voice and opens the door, I will come in to visit him, and take my supper with him, and he shall sup with me.
After which he told his brethren: God will visit you after my death, and will make you go up out of this land, to the land which he swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.