For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
Ver. 8. I long after you all] Here the apostle practised his own precept of fatherly affection, φιλοστοργοι, Romans 12:10. Pray for me, mine own heart root in the Lord, quem in intimis visceribus habeo ad convivendum et commoriendum saith Bradford in a letter to his fellow martyr, Laurence Saunders.