12 Restore the joy of your salvation to me,
and sustain me by giving me a willing spirit.(A)

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12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation(A)
    and grant me a willing spirit,(B) to sustain me.(C)

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Paul’s Desire to See Them

17 But as for us, brothers and sisters, after we were forced to leave you[a] for a short time (in person, not in heart(A)), we greatly desired and made every effort to return(B) and see you face to face.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:17 Lit orphaned from you

Paul’s Longing to See the Thessalonians

17 But, brothers and sisters, when we were orphaned by being separated from you for a short time (in person, not in thought),(A) out of our intense longing we made every effort to see you.(B)

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