Philippians 2:26
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For indeed he longed after you all: and was sad, for that you had heard that he was sick.

he longed.

Philippians 1:3,8 I give thanks to my God in every remembrance of you: . . .

Philippians 4:1 Therefore my dearly beloved brethren and most desired, my joy and my crown: so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

2 Samuel 13:39 And king David ceased to pursue after Absalom, because he was comforted concerning the death of Ammon.

Romans 1:11 For I long to see you that I may impart unto you some spiritual grace, to strengthen you:

2 Corinthians 9:14 And in their praying for you, being desirous of you, because of the excellent grace of God in you.

full.

Job 9:27 If I say: I will not speak so: I change my face, and am tormented with sorrow.

Psalm 69:20 In thy sight are all they that afflict me; my heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none.

Proverbs 12:25 Grief in the heart of a man shall bring him low, but with a good word he shall be made glad.

Isaiah 61:3 To appoint to the mourners of Sion, and to give them a crown for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, a garment of praise for the spirit of grief: and they shall be called in it the mighty ones of justice, the planting of the Lord to glorify him.

Matthew 11:28 Come to me all you that labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you.

Matthew 26:37 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to grow sorrowful and to be sad.

Romans 9:2 That I have great sadness and continual sorrow in my heart.

1 Peter 1:6 Wherein you shalt greatly rejoice, if now you must be for a little time made sorrowful in divers temptations:

ye had.

2 Samuel 24:17 And David said to the Lord, when he saw the angel striking the people: It is I; I am he that have sinned, I have done wickedly: these that are the sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I beseech thee, be turned against me, and against my father's house.

John 11:35,36 And Jesus wept. . . .

Acts 21:13 Then Paul answered and said: What do you mean, weeping and afflicting my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but to die also in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Romans 12:15 Rejoice with them that rejoice: weep with them that weep.

1 Corinthians 12:26 And if one member suffer any thing, all the members suffer with it: or if one member glory, all the members rejoice with it.

Galatians 6:2 Bear ye one another's burdens: and so you shall fulfil the law of Christ.

Ephesians 3:13 Wherefore I pray you not to faint at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

Context
Epaphroditus Commended
25But I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow labourer and fellow soldier, but your apostle: and he that hath ministered to my wants. 26For indeed he longed after you all: and was sad, for that you had heard that he was sick. 27For indeed he was sick, nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him. And not only on him, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.…
Cross References
Philippians 2:25
But I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow labourer and fellow soldier, but your apostle: and he that hath ministered to my wants.

Philippians 2:27
For indeed he was sick, nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him. And not only on him, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

Lexicon
For
ἐπειδὴ (epeidē)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1894: Of time: when, now, after that; of cause: seeing that, forasmuch as. From epei and de; since now, i.e. when, or whereas.

he has been
ἦν (ēn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

longing for
ἐπιποθῶν (epipothōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1971: From epi and potheo; to dote upon, i.e. Intensely crave possession.

all
πάντας (pantas)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

of you
ὑμᾶς (hymas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

is distressed
ἀδημονῶν (adēmonōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 85: To feel fear, lack courage, be distressed, troubled. From a derivative of adeo; to be in distress.

because
διότι (dioti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1360: On this account, because, for. From dia and hoti; on the very account that, or inasmuch as.

you heard
ἠκούσατε (ēkousate)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

he was ill.
ἠσθένησεν (ēsthenēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 770: To be weak (physically: then morally), To be sick. From asthenes; to be feeble.


Additional Translations
For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.

since he was longing after you all and being deeply distressed because you heard that he was ill.

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

since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick:

since he had a longing desire after you all, and was distressed because ye had heard that he was sick;

since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick:

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

I send him because he is longing to see you all and is distressed at your having heard of his illness.

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

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