Philippians 2:27

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

Revised Version 1895

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

26since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick:

28I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

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Cross References

Job 5:19He shall deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

Psalms 30:10Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.

Psalms 103:3Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

Ecclesiastes 9:1For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this; that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.

Isaiah 38:17Behold, it was for my peace that I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

Jeremiah 8:18Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within 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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