Philippians 2:29

Therefore receive ye him with all joy in the Lord, and have ye such with all honour.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:

In Context

28Therefore more hastily I sent him, (so) that when ye have seen him, ye have joy again, and I be without heaviness.

30For the work of Christ he went to (the) death, giving his life, that he should fulfill that that failed of you with my service. (For the work of the Messiah he went unto death, giving his life, so that he could do for me, or so that he could fulfill for me, that service which you could not do.)

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Cross References

Matthew 10:40He that receiveth you, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.

Luke 9:5And whoever receive not you [or And whoever shall not receive you], go ye out of that city, and shake ye off the powder of your feet into witnessing on them (or and shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them).

Acts 2:46And each day they dwelled stably with one will in the temple, and brake bread about houses (or and broke bread in their houses), and took meat (or meals) with full out joy [or with gladness] and simpleness of heart,

Acts 28:10Which also honoured us with many worships (or And they honoured us with many gifts), and putted (on board) what things were necessary to (or for) us, when we shipped.

Romans 16:2that ye receive her in the Lord worthily to (the) saints, and that ye help her in whatever cause she shall need of you (or and that ye help her with whatever she shall need from you). For she hath helped many men, and myself.

1 Corinthians 16:18for they have refreshed both my spirit and yours. Therefore know ye them, that be such manner men (or And so know and respect those who be such kind of men).

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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