Philippians 2:27

for he also ailed near to death, but God dealt kindly with him, and not with him only, but also with me, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.

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In The King James Version

For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

In Context

26seeing he was longing after you all, and in heaviness, because you heard that he ailed,

28The more eagerly, therefore, I sent him, that having seen him again you may rejoice, and I may be less sorrowful;

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Cross References

Job 5:19In six distresses He delivers you, || And in seven evil does not strike on you.

Psalms 30:10Hear, O YHWH, and favor me, O YHWH, be a helper to me.”

Psalms 103:3Who is forgiving all your iniquities, || Who is healing all your diseases,

Ecclesiastes 9:1But all this I have laid to my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred does man know, the whole [is] before them.

Isaiah 38:17Behold, He changed bitterness to peace for me, || And You have delighted in my soul without corruption, || For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

Jeremiah 8:18My sorrow [is] beyond comfort, || My heart [is] sick in me.

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 →

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