Philippians 2:26

Epaphroditus longed for the Philippians and was distressed that they had heard of his illness. His concern was for their worry, not his own suffering.

Cross-references · 21

• Eph 3:13Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
• Rom 12:15Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
• Prov 12:25Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
• Isa 61:3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
• Phil 1:8For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
• 2 Sam 13:39And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
• Phil 4:1Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
• Ps 69:20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
• Matt 26:37And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
• Matt 11:28Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
• Rom 9:2That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
• John 11:35–36Jesus wept.
• 1 Cor 12:26And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
• Rom 1:11For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
• 1 Pet 1:6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
• 2 Sam 24:17And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house.
• 2 Cor 9:14And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
• Gal 6:2Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
• Acts 21:13Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
• Phil 1:3I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
• Job 9:27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

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