Philippians 2:30
because for the work of the Christ he was near to death, not regarding his life, that he might supply that which was lacking in your service to me.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
29Receive him, therefore, in the Lord with all joy, and regard such as worthy of honor;
Cross References
Acts 20:24But I esteem this a matter of no importance, nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry that I have received from the Lord Jesus, to bear full testimony to the gospel of the grace of God.
1 Corinthians 15:53For this corruptible body must put on incorruptibility; and this mortal body must put on immortality.
1 Corinthians 16:17I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus; for they have supplied what was wanting on your part:
2 Corinthians 12:15I, indeed, will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
Philippians 2:17But if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.
Philippians 4:10I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at length your care for me has revived again; in this, indeed, you had me in mind, but you lacked opportunity.
Matthew Henry on Philippians 2:20-30
Praise of Timothy and Epaphroditus. ( a. d. 62.) 19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. 20 For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state. 21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's. 22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. 23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me. 24 But… Read the whole commentary →