28 I sent him therefore the more diligently, that when ye should see him again, ye might rejoice, and I might be the less sorrowful.

29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness, and make much of such:

30 Because that for the [a]work of Christ he was near unto death, and regarded not his life, to fulfill that service which was lacking on your part toward me.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:30 He calleth it here the work of Christ, to visit Christ, being poor and in bands in the person of Paul.

28 Therefore I am all the more eager to send him,(A) so that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety. 29 So then, welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him,(B) 30 because he almost died for the work of Christ. He risked his life to make up for the help you yourselves could not give me.(C)

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