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Philippians 2:29 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation: "
Philippians 2:29
Verse in Context
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For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon 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.
Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
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Philippians 2:1
"If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,"
Philippians 2:2
"Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind."
Philippians 2:3
"Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;"
Philippians 2:3
"Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves."
Philippians 2:4
"Not looking everyone to his private good, but keeping in mind the things of others."
Philippians 2:4
"Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others."
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