Philippians 2:28
Therefore I sent him the more speedily: that seeing him again, you may rejoice, and I may be without sorrow.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
29Receive him therefore with all joy in the Lord; and treat with honour such as he is.
Cross References
Genesis 45:27They, on the other side, told the whole order of the thing. And when he saw the wagons and all that he had sent his spirit revived,
Genesis 48:11And said to his son: I am not deprived of seeing thee: moreover God hath shewed me thy seed.
Acts 20:38Being grieved most of all for the word which he had said, that they should see his face no more. And they brought him on his way to the ship.
Philippians 2:26For indeed he longed after you all: and was sad, for that you had heard that he was sick.
1 John 1:3That which we have seen and have heard, we declare unto you, that you also may have fellowship with us, and our fellowship may be with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
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 →