But we, sisters and brothers,
having been torn away from you for a short time,
in person not in heart,
all the more did our best to see you in person out of a great longing.
Because we wanted to to come to you,
– indeed I, Paul, once and twice-
and Satan stopped us –
for what is our hope,
our joy,
our crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming
– is it not you?
For you are our glory and joy.
God be in head and in my understanding;
God be in my eyes and in my looking;
God be in my mouth and in my speaking;
God be in my heart and in my thinking;
God be at my end and at my departing.