rendering mailables

mail.md

@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@
     - [Generating Markdown Mailables](#generating-markdown-mailables)
     - [Writing Markdown Messages](#writing-markdown-messages)
     - [Customizing The Components](#customizing-the-components)
-- [Previewing Mailables In The Browser](#previewing-mailables-in-the-browser)
 - [Sending Mail](#sending-mail)
     - [Queueing Mail](#queueing-mail)
+- [Rendering Mailables](#rendering-mailables)
+    - [Previewing Mailables In The Browser](#previewing-mailables-in-the-browser)
 - [Mail & Local Development](#mail-and-local-development)
 - [Events](#events)
 
@@ -419,17 +420,6 @@ After exporting the components, the `resources/views/vendor/mail/html/themes` di
 
 > {tip} If you would like to build an entirely new theme for the Markdown components, write a new CSS file within the `html/themes` directory and change the `theme` option of your `mail` configuration file.
 
-<a name="previewing-mailables-in-the-browser"></a>
-## Previewing Mailables In The Browser
-
-When designing a mailable's template, it is convenient to quickly preview the rendered mailable in your browser like a typical Blade template. For this reason, Laravel allows you to return any mailable directly from a route Closure or controller. When a mailable is returned, it will be rendered and displayed in the browser, allowing you to quickly preview its design without needing to send it to an actual email address:
-
-    Route::get('/mailable', function () {
-        $invoice = App\Invoice::find(1);
-
-        return new App\Mail\InvoicePaid($invoice);
-    });
-
 <a name="sending-mail"></a>
 ## Sending Mail
 
@@ -471,6 +461,26 @@ Of course, you are not limited to just specifying the "to" recipients when sendi
         ->bcc($evenMoreUsers)
         ->send(new OrderShipped($order));
 
+<a name="rendering-mailables"></a>
+## Rendering Mailables
+
+Sometimes you may wish to capture the HTML content of a mailable without sending it. To accomplish this, you may call the `render` method of the mailable. This method will return the evaluated contents of the mailable as a string:
+
+    $invoice = App\Invoice::find(1);
+
+    return (new App\Mail\InvoicePaid($invoice))->render();
+
+<a name="previewing-mailables-in-the-browser"></a>
+### Previewing Mailables In The Browser
+
+When designing a mailable's template, it is convenient to quickly preview the rendered mailable in your browser like a typical Blade template. For this reason, Laravel allows you to return any mailable directly from a route Closure or controller. When a mailable is returned, it will be rendered and displayed in the browser, allowing you to quickly preview its design without needing to send it to an actual email address:
+
+    Route::get('/mailable', function () {
+        $invoice = App\Invoice::find(1);
+
+        return new App\Mail\InvoicePaid($invoice);
+    });
+
 <a name="queueing-mail"></a>
 ### Queueing Mail