But as for us, brothers and sisters, having been separated from you for a short period—absent in body but never in heart—we made extraordinary efforts, driven by intense longing, to see your faces once more.
AFINT (Lit US)But, brothers, although we were separated from you for a short time—in presence, not in heart—we endeavored all the more eagerly, with great desire, to see your face.
AFINT (Lit UK)But, brothers, although we were separated from you for a short time—in presence, not in heart—we endeavoured all the more eagerly, with great desire, to see your face.
ASVBut we, brethren, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence not in heart, endeavored the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire:
Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.
DRABut we, brethren, being taken away from you for a short time, in sight, not in heart, have hastened the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
EMTVBut we, brothers, being unwillingly separated from you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, were all the more eager to see your face with much desire.
FBVBrothers and sisters, since we felt as if we'd experienced a family separation because we hadn't seen you for a while (separated physically though not in spirit), we tried even harder to come and see you again face to face because that's what we wanted to do.
GNVFor asmuch, brethren, as we were kept from you for a season, concerning sight, but not in the heart, we enforced the more to see your face with great desire.
LSVAnd we, brothers, having been taken from yöu for the space of an hour—in presence, not in heart—hurried more abundantly to see yöur face in much desire;
NASBBut we, brothers and sisters, having been orphaned from you by absence for a short while—in person, not in spirit—were all the more eager with great desire to see your face.NASB 2020
But, brothers and sisters, when we were orphaned by being separated from you for a short time (in person, not in thought), out of our intense longing we made every effort to see you.
OJBBut you, Achim b'Moshiach, while we were separated from you for a short time panim el panim, not b'lev, we made all the more effort in much desire to see your penemer (faces).
RVBut we, brethren, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire:
TCENTAs for us, brothers, when we were bereaved of you for a brief hour (being physically absent, but with you in our hearts), we longed with great eagerness to see you face to face.
T4TMy fellow believers, when for a short time [IDM] those people forced us to be separated from you, we felt like parents ◄who had lost all their children/whose children had died► [MET]. Although we were far away from you, we were still emotionally concerned about you, and we strongly desired to be present with you.