Philippians 2:26 · KJV
“For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.”
— Philippians 2:26
Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
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.
Philippians 2 — Context
But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
25Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
26For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
27For 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.
28I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. {carefully: or, with more anxious care}
Cross References
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Isaiah 61:3
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Philippians 1:8
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 3:13
Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Proverbs 12:25
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Matthew 11:28
Come unto me, all {ye} that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Philippians 4:1
Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, {my} dearly beloved.
2 Samuel 13:39
And {the soul of} king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. {longed: or, was consumed}