Thomson(i)
23 For I am strained between the two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ which is by far the best;
24 but to abide in the flesh is more needful on your account.
25 And being confident of this, I know that I shall abide and continue some time with you all for your furtherance and joy in the faith;
26 that by me your glorying in Christ Jesus may abound, by means of my being present with you again.
27 Only conduct yourselves in a manner becoming the glad tidings of the Christ, that whether I come and see you, or if absent I may hear this of you, that you are stedfast in one spirit, and that without being in the least daunted by your opposers, you contend unanimously for the belief of the gospel,