"But we exhort you, brethren, to do so more and more, to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we charged…
"For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, just as it has come to pass, and just as you know." -1…
"But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you…