28 Therefore I am sending him with special urgency, in order that when[a] you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious. 29 Therefore welcome him in the Lord with all joy, and consider such people highly honored, 30 because on account of the work of Christ he came near to the point of death, risking his life in order that he might make up for your inability to serve me[b].

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:28 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“see”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Philippians 2:30 Literally “he might fill up your lack of service to me”