28Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety.


In Context

25 But I think it is necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger, whom you sent to take care of my needs.

26 For he longs for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.

27 Indeed he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.

28 Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety.

29 Welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor men like him,

30 because he almost died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for the help you could not give me.

Philippians 2:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:28I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:28Therefore I sent him the more speedily: that seeing him again, you may rejoice, and I may be without sorrow.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:28I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:28I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that seeing him ye might again rejoice, and that I might be the less sorrowful.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:28I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:28I sent him therefore the more speedily, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:28I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:28The more eagerly, therefore, I did send him, that having seen him again ye may rejoice, and I may be the less sorrowful;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:28I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.