For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
Ver. 26. For he longed after you] επιποθων. The word signifieth such a vehement desire as is impatient of delays. His heart was in the same place his calling was.
And was full of heaviness] Gr. αδημονων, he was out of the world, as it were, and could not take comfort in any company.