Philippians 2:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I have sent him, then, the more gladly, so that when you see him again, you may be happy and I may have the less sorrow.

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  • Gen 45:27-28 : 27 And they gave him an account of everything Joseph had said to them; and when he saw the carts which Joseph had sent for them, his spirit came back to him: 28 And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is still living; I will go and see him before my death.
  • Gen 46:29-30 : 29 And Joseph got his carriage ready and went to Goshen for the meeting with his father; and when he came before him, he put his arms round his neck, weeping. 30 And Israel said to Joseph, Now that I have seen you living again, I am ready for death.
  • Gen 48:11 : 11 And Israel said to Joseph, I had no hope of seeing your face again, but God in his mercy has let me see you and your children.
  • John 16:22 : 22 So you have sorrow now: but I will see you again, and your hearts will be glad, and no one will take away your joy.
  • Acts 20:38 : 38 Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship.
  • 2 Cor 2:3 : 3 And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.
  • Phil 2:26-27 : 26 Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill: 27 For in fact he was ill almost to death: but God had mercy on him; and not only on him but on me, so that I might not have grief on grief.
  • 2 Tim 1:4 : 4 Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;
  • 1 John 1:3-4 : 3 We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ: 4 And we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete.

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    25But it seemed to me necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, who has taken part with me in the work and in the fight, and your servant, sent by you for help in my need;

    26Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill:

    27For in fact he was ill almost to death: but God had mercy on him; and not only on him but on me, so that I might not have grief on grief.

  • 2 Cor 2:1-5
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    1But it was my decision for myself, not to come again to you with sorrow.

    2For if I give you sorrow, who then will make me glad, but he who is made sad by me?

    3And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.

    4For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you.

    5But if anyone has been a cause of sorrow, he has been so, not to me only, but in some measure to all of you (I say this that I may not be over-hard on you).

  • Phil 2:29-30
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    29So take him to your hearts in the Lord with all joy, and give honour to such as he is:

    30Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, putting his life in danger to make your care for me complete.

  • Phlm 1:12-13
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    12Whom I have sent back to you, him who is my very heart:

    13Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:

  • Phil 1:26
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    26So that your pride in me may be increased in Christ Jesus through my being present with you again.

  • Phil 2:23
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    23Him then I am hoping to send as quickly as possible, when I am able to see how things will go for me:

  • Phil 2:18-19
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    18And in the same way do you be glad and have a part in my joy.

    19But I am hoping in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may be comforted when I have news of you.

  • Phlm 1:15-16
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    15For it is possible that for this reason he was parted from you for a time, so that you might have him for ever;

    16No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother, very dear to me specially, but much more to you, in the flesh as well as in the Lord.

  • Heb 13:19
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    19I make this request more strongly, in the hope of coming back to you more quickly.

  • Col 4:8
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    8And I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may have news of how we are, and so that he may give your hearts comfort;

  • 2 Tim 1:4
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    4Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;

  • 2 Cor 2:7-8
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    7So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.

    8For which cause my desire is that you will make your love to him clear by your acts.

  • Eph 6:22
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    22Whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, so that you may have knowledge of our position, and that he may give comfort to your hearts.

  • 2 Cor 7:7
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    7And not by his coming only, but by the comfort which he had in you, while he gave us word of your desire, your sorrow, your care for me; so that I was still more glad.

  • Rom 15:32
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    32So that I may come to you in joy by the good pleasure of God, and have rest with you.

  • 1 Cor 16:11
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    11See then that he has the honour which is right. But send him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me: for I am looking for him with the brothers.

  • Phil 4:10
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    10But I am very glad in the Lord that your care for me has come to life again; though you did in fact take thought for me, but you were not able to give effect to it.

  • 2 Tim 1:18
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    18(May he have the Lord's mercy in that day); and of all he did for me at Ephesus you have full knowledge.

  • 2 Cor 8:22
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    22And we have sent with them our brother, whose ready spirit has been made clear to us at times and in ways without number, but it is now all the more so because of the certain faith which he has in you.

  • Phlm 1:20-21
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    20So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.

    21Being certain that you will do my desire, I am writing to you, in the knowledge that you will do even more than I say.

  • Phlm 1:7-8
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    7For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.

    8And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

  • 2 Cor 12:15
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    15And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?

  • Rom 1:11-12
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    11For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;

    12That is to say, that all of us may be comforted together by the faith which is in you and in me.

  • 1 Thess 2:17
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    17But we, my brothers, being away from you for a short time, in body but not in heart, had all the more desire to see your face;

  • Acts 20:38
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    38Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship.

  • 2 John 1:12
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    12Having much to say to you, it is not my purpose to put it all down with paper and ink: but I am hoping to come to you, and to have talk with you face to face, so that your joy may be full.

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    3But I have sent the brothers, so that the good things we said about you may be seen to be true, and that, as I said, you may be ready:

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    14But I am hoping to see you in a short time, and to have talk with you face to face.

  • 2 Cor 7:15-16
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    15And his love to you is the more increased by his memory of you all, how you gave way to his authority, and how you took him to your hearts with fear and honour.

    16It gives me great joy to see you answering to my good opinion of you in every way.

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    5For though I am not present in the flesh, still I am with you in the spirit, seeing with joy your order, and your unchanging faith in Christ.

  • Rom 9:2
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    2That I am full of sorrow and pain without end.

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    16And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea.

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    4My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.

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    22But, brothers, take kindly the words which I have said for your profit; for I have not sent you a long letter.

  • 1 Thess 3:6
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    6But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you;