9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Thess 2:17 — But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
• 2John 1:12 — Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
• 2Tim 4:9 — Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:
• 2Tim 4:9 — Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:
• 2Tim 4:21 — Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.
• Acts 20:37 — And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,
• Acts 21:13 — Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
• Phil 1:8 — For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
• Phil 1:8 — For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
• Phil 2:28 — I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
• Rom 15:23 — But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;