Philippians 2:26

World English Bible (2000)

since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.

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  • Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.
  • Phil 1:8 : 8 For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
  • Phil 4:1 : 1 Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
  • 1 Pet 1:6 : 6 Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,
  • 1 Cor 12:26 : 26 When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
  • 2 Cor 9:14 : 14 while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of 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 may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.
  • Phil 1:3 : 3 I thank my God whenever I remember you,
  • 2 Sam 13:39 : 39 [the soul of] king David longed to go forth to Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.
  • 2 Sam 24:17 : 17 David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, "Behold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father's house."
  • Job 9:27 : 27 If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;'
  • Ps 69:20 : 20 Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.
  • Prov 12:25 : 25 Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.
  • Isa 61:3 : 3 to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
  • Matt 11:28 : 28 "Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
  • Matt 26:37 : 37 He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and severely troubled.
  • John 11:35-36 : 35 Jesus wept. 36 The Jews therefore said, "See how much affection he had for him!"
  • Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, 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, to the end that you may be established;
  • Rom 9:2 : 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.

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    27 For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.

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

  • Phil 2:25
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    25 But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need;

  • Phil 2:30
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    30 because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

  • 2 Cor 2:3-5
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    3 And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn't have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.

    4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

    5 But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.

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

    13 whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

  • Phil 1:7-8
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    7 It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.

    8 For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

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    4 longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;

  • Phil 2:18-20
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    18 In the same way, you also rejoice, and rejoice with me.

    19 But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing.

    20 For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.

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    10 But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length you have revived your thought for me; in which you did indeed take thought, but you lacked opportunity.

  • 2 Cor 7:15
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    15 His affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers all of your obedience, how with fear and trembling you received him.

  • 1 Thess 3:5-7
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    5 For this cause I also, when I couldn't stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.

    6 But when Timothy came just now to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long to see you;

    7 for this cause, brothers, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith.

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    7 and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced still more.

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    26 that your rejoicing may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.

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    8 I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,

    9 together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you everything that is going on here.

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    15 For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while, that you would have him forever,

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    7 For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

    8 Therefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,

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    17 But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,

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    14 However you did well that you shared in my affliction.

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    12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

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    2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.

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    16 For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to my need.

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    13 Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.

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    11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;

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

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    1 Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.