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 3:13Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.
• Rom 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.
• Prov 12:25Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.
• Isa 61:3to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
• Phil 1:8For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
• 2 Sam 13:39King David longed to go out to Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.
• Phil 4:1Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
• Ps 69:20Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.
• Matt 26:37He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and severely troubled.
• Matt 11:28“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
• Rom 9:2that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
• John 11:35–36Jesus wept.
• 1 Cor 12:26When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
• Rom 1:11For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;
• 1 Pet 1:6Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,
• 2 Sam 24:17David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, “Behold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father’s house.”
• 2 Cor 9:14while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.
• Gal 6:2Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
• Acts 21:13Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
• Phil 1:3I thank my God whenever I remember you,
• Job 9:27If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;’

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