Philippians 2:26 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁶For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

Philippians 2:26 —

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Philippians 1:8
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
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.
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.

Topics

Decision Epaphroditus Zeal, Religious

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 19-30)

Paul takes particular notice of two good ministers; for though he was himself a great apostle, and laboured more abundantly than they all, yet he took all occasions to speak with respect of those who were far his inferiors. I. He speaks of Timothy, whom he intended to send to the Philippians, that he might have an account of their state. See Paul’s care of the churches, and the comfort he had in t…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 26)

26. For--reason for thinking it “necessary to send” “Epaphroditus. Translate as Greek, “Inasmuch as he was longing after you all.” full of heaviness--The Greek expresses the being worn out and overpowered with heavy grief. because that ye had heard that he had been sick--rather, “that he was sick.” He felt how exceedingly saddened you would be in hearing it; and he now is hastening to relieve your…