Ttímótaìhòushū 1:4

4 Jìniàn nǐde yǎnleì , zhòuyè qiè qiè de xiǎng yào jiàn nǐ , hǎo jiào wǒ mǎn xīn kuaìlè .

Ttímótaìhòushū 1:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Timothy 1:4

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 Acts 20:38 )

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.

Ttímótaìhòushū 1:4 In-Context

2 Xiĕ xìn gĕi wǒ qīnaì de érzi Tímótaì . yuàn ēnhuì liánmǐn píngān , cóng fù shén hé wǒmen zhǔ Jīdū Yēsū , guīyǔ nǐ .

3 Wǒ gǎnxiè shén , jiù shì wǒ jiēxù zǔxiān , yòng qīngjié de liángxīn suǒ shìfèng de shén , qídǎo de shíhou , bú zhù de xiǎngniàn nǐ ,

4 Jìniàn nǐde yǎnleì , zhòuyè qiè qiè de xiǎng yào jiàn nǐ , hǎo jiào wǒ mǎn xīn kuaìlè .

5 Xiǎng dào nǐ xīnli wú wĕi zhī xìn . zhè xìn shì xiān zaì nǐ waì zǔ mǔ luó yǐ , hé nǐ mǔqin yǒu ní jī xīnli de . wǒ shēnxìn yĕ zaì nǐde xīnli .

6 Wèicǐ wǒ tí xǐng nǐ , shǐ nǐ jiāng shén jiè wǒ àn shǒu suǒ gĕi nǐde ēncì , zaì rú huǒ tiǎo wàng qǐlai .