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


In Context

25 And I thought it necessary Epaphroditus — my brother, and fellow-workman, and fellow-soldier, and your apostle and servant to my need — to send unto you,

26 seeing he was longing after you all, and in heaviness, because ye heard that he ailed,

27 for he also ailed nigh to death, but God did deal kindly with him, and not with him only, but also with me, that sorrow upon sorrow I might not have.

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

29 receive him, therefore, in the Lord, with all joy, and hold such in honour,

30 because on account of the work of the Christ he drew near to death, having hazarded the life that he might fill up your deficiency of service unto 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:28Therefore 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.

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 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.