Philippians 2:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

For he longed for you all, and was distressed, because you had heard that he was sick.

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  • Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
  • Phil 1:8 : 8 For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.
  • Phil 4:1 : 1 Therefore, my dearly beloved and longed-for brethren, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
  • 1 Pet 1:6 : 6 In which you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials:
  • 1 Cor 12:26 : 26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
  • 2 Cor 9:14 : 14 And by their prayer for you, who long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
  • Gal 6:2 : 2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
  • Eph 3:13 : 13 Therefore I ask that you not faint at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
  • Phil 1:3 : 3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
  • 2 Sam 13:39 : 39 And King David longed to go forth to Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.
  • 2 Sam 24:17 : 17 And David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, Behold, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let Your hand, I pray You, be against me, and against my father's house.
  • Job 9:27 : 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and console myself:
  • Ps 69:20 : 20 Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness; and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
  • Prov 12:25 : 25 Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a good word makes it glad.
  • Isa 61:3 : 3 To appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give 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.
  • Matt 11:28 : 28 Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
  • Matt 26:37 : 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very distressed.
  • John 11:35-36 : 35 Jesus wept. 36 Then the Jews said, Behold how he loved him!
  • Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul answered, What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
  • Rom 1:11 : 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established;
  • Rom 9:2 : 2 That I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.

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  • Phil 2:27-28
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    27For indeed he was sick nearly unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not only on him, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

    28I sent him therefore the more eagerly, that when you see him again, you may rejoice, and I may be less sorrowful.

  • Phil 2:25
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    25Yet I considered it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, but your messenger and the one who ministered to my need.

  • Phil 2:30
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    30Because for the work of Christ he came close to death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

  • 2 Cor 2:3-5
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    3And I wrote this to you so that when I come, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to bring me joy; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

    4For out of much trouble and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love I have more abundantly toward you.

    5But if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me, but in part, that I may not put too much burden on you all.

  • Phlm 1:12-13
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    12I am sending him back to you. Therefore, receive him, that is, my own heart:

    13Whom I wished to keep with me, so that he might minister to me in your place in my chains for the gospel:

  • Phil 1:7-8
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    7Just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace.

    8For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.

  • 2 Tim 1:4
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    4Greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy;

  • Phil 2:18-20
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    18For the same reason, you also should rejoice and rejoice with me.

    19But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, that I also may be encouraged when I know your state.

    20For I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care for your state.

  • Phil 4:10
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    10But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at last your care for me has flourished again; in which you were also caring, but you lacked opportunity.

  • 2 Cor 7:15
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    15And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, while he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him.

  • 1 Thess 3:5-7
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    5For this reason, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to know about your faith, lest by some means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor might be in vain.

    6But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, as we also to see you:

    7Therefore, brothers, we were comforted concerning you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:

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    7And not by his coming only, but by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, when he told us of your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced even more.

  • Phil 1:26
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    26That your rejoicing for me may be more abundant in Jesus Christ by my coming to you again.

  • Col 4:8-9
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    8Whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that he may know your situation and comfort your hearts;

    9With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you all things which are happening here.

  • Phlm 1:15-16
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    15For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever;

    16No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord?

  • Phlm 1:7-8
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    7For we have great joy and solace in your love, because the hearts of the saints are refreshed by you, brother.

    8Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you to do what is fitting,

  • 1 Thess 2:17
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    17But we, brothers, having been taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavored more eagerly to see your face with great desire.

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    14Nevertheless you have done well that you shared in my affliction.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30Having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear to be in me.

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    8Therefore I urge you to confirm your love toward him.

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  • Col 4:12-13
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    12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

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    2That I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.

  • Col 1:24
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    24Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the church:

  • Eph 6:22
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    22Whom I have sent to you for the same purpose, that you might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.

  • 2 Tim 1:17-18
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    17But when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently and found me.

    18The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that day, and you know very well how many things he ministered to me at Ephesus.

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    16For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again for my needs.

  • 2 Cor 7:4
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    4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my boasting of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.

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    8For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed beyond measure, above strength, so much that we despaired even of life.

  • Eph 3:13
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    13Therefore I ask that you not faint at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

  • Rom 1:11-12
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    11For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established;

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    23Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you;

  • Phil 4:1
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    1Therefore, my dearly beloved and longed-for brethren, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my dearly beloved.