Philippians 2:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

For 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.

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  • 2 Kgs 20:1 : 1 In those days Hezekiah was sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, Thus says the LORD: Set your house in order, for you shall die, and not live.
  • Job 5:19 : 19 He shall deliver you in six troubles: yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.
  • Ps 30:1-3 : 1 I will praise you, O LORD, for you have lifted me up, and have not let my enemies rejoice over me. 2 O LORD my God, I cried out to you, and you healed me. 3 O LORD, you have brought my soul up from the grave; you have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
  • Ps 30:10-11 : 10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be my helper. 11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing: you have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness;
  • Ps 34:19 : 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
  • Ps 103:3-4 : 3 Who forgives all your iniquities; who heals all your diseases; 4 Who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
  • Ps 107:18-22 : 18 Their soul abhors all manner of food; and they draw near to the gates of death. 19 Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses. 20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. 21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 22 And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
  • Eccl 9:1-2 : 1 For all this I considered in my heart, even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. No one knows either love or hatred by all that is before them. 2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean, to him that sacrifices, and to him that does not sacrifice; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he who swears, as he who fears an oath.
  • Isa 27:8 : 8 In measure, when it shoots forth, You will debate with it: He restrains His rough wind in the day of the east wind.
  • Isa 38:17 : 17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but in love for my soul, You have delivered it from the pit of corruption: for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
  • Isa 43:2 : 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you: when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; nor shall the flame ignite upon you.
  • Jer 8:18 : 18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint within me.
  • Jer 10:24 : 24 O LORD, correct me, but with justice; not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
  • Jer 45:3 : 3 You said, Woe is me now! for the LORD has added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
  • Hab 3:2 : 2 O LORD, I have heard Your speech, and was afraid; O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.
  • John 11:3-4 : 3 Therefore his sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick. 4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified through it.
  • Acts 9:37 : 37 And it happened in those days that she became sick and died. After they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room.
  • Acts 9:39-41 : 39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he had come, they brought him to the upper room. And all the widows stood by him weeping, showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them. 40 But Peter put them all outside, and knelt down and prayed; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up. 41 And he gave her his hand and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, he presented her alive.
  • 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not let you be tempted beyond what you are able; but with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.
  • 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 So, on the contrary, you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with excessive sorrow.
  • Phil 2:30 : 30 Because for the work of Christ he came close to death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

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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.

    26For he longed for you all, and was distressed, because you had heard that he was sick.

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

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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 2:1-5
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    1But I decided this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.

    2For if I cause you sorrow, who then makes me glad, except the one whom I made sorrowful?

    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.

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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:

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    16The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain;

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    7So, on the contrary, you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with excessive sorrow.

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

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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.

    8For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle made you sorry, though it was only for a season.

    9Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you sorrowed to repentance: for you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer damage by us in nothing.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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    19For I know that this will turn out for my salvation through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

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

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

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    20Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord: refresh my heart in the Lord.

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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?

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    13For in what way were you inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong.

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

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    12Therefore, though I wrote to you, I did not do it for the sake of him who had done the wrong, nor for the sake of him who suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear to you.

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    6And if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer; or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

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    11You also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons, thanks may be given by many on our behalf.

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