NET Bible
"Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you can rejoice and I can be free from anxiety."
— Philippians 2:28, NET Bible
“I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.”
“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. ”
“I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.”
“Therefore, I sent him the more speedily: that seeing him again, you may rejoice, and I may be without sorrow.”
“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.”
“I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.”
But for now I have considered it necessary to send Epaphroditus to you. For he is my brother, coworker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to me in my need.
Indeed, he greatly missed all of you and was distressed because you heard that he had been ill.
In fact he became so ill that he nearly died. But God showed mercy to him– and not to him only, but also to me– so that I would not have grief on top of grief.
Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you can rejoice and I can be free from anxiety.
So welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him,
since it was because of the work of Christ that he almost died. He risked his life so that he could make up for your inability to serve me.