Philippians 2:16

Philippians 2:17-1964 bbe — And even if I am offered like a drink offering, giving myself for the cause and work of your faith, I am glad and have…

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And even if I am offered like a drink offering, giving myself for the cause and work of your faith, I am glad and have joy with you all:

And in the same way do you be glad and have a part in my joy.

But I am hoping in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may be comforted when I have news of you.

For I have no man of like mind who will truly have care for you.

For they all go after what is theirs, not after the things of Christ.

But his quality is clear to you; how, as a child is to its father, so he was a help to me in the work of the good news.

Him then I am hoping to send as quickly as possible, when I am able to see how things will go for me:

But I have faith in the Lord that I myself will come before long.

But it seemed to me necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, who has taken part with me in the work and in the fight, and your servant, sent by you for help in my need;

Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill:

For in fact he was ill almost to death: but God had mercy on him; and not only on him but on me, so that I might not have grief on grief.

I have sent him, then, the more gladly, so that when you see him again, you may be happy and I may have the less sorrow.

So take him to your hearts in the Lord with all joy, and give honour to such as he is:

Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, putting his life in danger to make your care for me complete.

— Philippians 2:17-1964, Bible in Basic English

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“Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all: and in the same manner do ye also joy, and rejoice with me. But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your state. For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ. But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child serveth a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the gospel. Him therefore I hope to send forthwith, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me: but I trust in the Lord that I myself also shall come shortly. But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need; since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick: for indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow. I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy; and hold such in honor: because for the work of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me. ”
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Philippians 2 — Context

Do all things without protests and arguments;

So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.