...was home27 sick 2 because you had heard that he was ill. Indeed he was ill, almost at death's door ; but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but on me too, lest I should have grief upon 28 grief. I am sending1 him, then, the more eagerly, that you may...

...Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellowsoldier, and your apostle and minister to my need . . . for indeed he was sick nigh unto death; but God had mercy ... on me . . . that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow. . . . Receive him . . . and hold such in honor;...

...Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellowsoldier, and your apostle and minister to my need . . . for indeed he was sick nigh unto death; but God had mercy ... on me . . . that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow. . . . Receive him . . . and hold such in honor;...

...While in Eome, Epaphroditus was sick, ' ' nigh unto death : but God had mercy on him," Paul wrote, "and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow." Hearing of the sickness of Epaphroditus, the believers at Philippi were filled with anxiety regarding...

...be swept away, for the current was very strong, and the water so deep as to reach beneath his arms. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on us also, lest we should have sorrow upon sorrow. He was enabled to get hold of the stakes, and even...

...common work. (3) "My fellowsoldier," indicating they were bound by a common danger. b. His sickness: "For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him" (2:27). c. His sorrow: "For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness because that ye had...

...and companion in labour, and fellow soldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants. For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had...on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. (Philippians 2:25,27) To Timothy...I thank God...that without ceasing I have remembrance ofthee in...

...the miracle was that although "he was sick nigh unto death," yet "God had mercy on him," then note, "and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow" — the latter clause meaning that Paul did not want the sorrow of losing one who had risked his life...

...His dispensing. For this reason, in verse 27 Paul goes on to say, "Indeed he was sick, very near to death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but also on me that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow." At the juncture where Epaphroditus was very near...

...for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill. Indeed he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow." The explanation of Epaphroditus finally coming back to...