Philippians 2:28

I am therefore all the more eager to send him, in the hope that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have the less sorrow.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

27For it is true that he has been ill, and was apparently at the point of death; but God had pity on him, and not only on him, but also on me, to save me from having sorrow upon sorrow.

29Receive him therefore with heartfelt Christian joy, and hold in honour men like him;

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Cross References

Acts 20:38grieved above all things at his having told them that after that day they were no longer to see his face. And they went with him to the ship.

Philippians 2:26I send him because he is longing to see you all and is distressed at your having heard of his illness.

1 John 1:3that which we have seen and listened to we now announce to you also, in order that you also may have fellowship in it with us, and this fellowship with us is fellowship 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 →

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