Philippians 2:26

Epaphroditus' Mission

²⁵ Needful, nevertheless have I accounted it - Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, but your apostle and public minister to my need, to send unto you; ²⁶ Since he hath been longing to see, you all, and hath been in great distress, because ye had heard he was sick; - ²⁷ And, in fact, he was sick, nigh unto death; but, God, had mercy on him, - and, not on him only, but, on me also, lest, sorrow upon sorrow, I should have.

In Great Distress

Great Distress

Philippians 1:8

For God is, my witness, how I long for you all in the tender affections of Christ Jesus.

2 Samuel 13:39

And the spirit of the king pined to go forth unto Absolom, - for he had consoled himself over Amnon, in that he was dead.

2 Samuel 24:17

Then said David unto Yahweh, when he saw the messenger who was smiting the people, yea he said - Lo! I, have sinned, and, I, have done perversely, but what have, these sheep, done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against the house of my father!

Job 9:27

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will lay aside my sad countenance, and brighten up,

Psalm 69:20

Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am weak, - Though I waited for one to pity me, yet there was none, And for comforters, yet I found not any.

Proverbs 12:25

When anxiety is in the heart of a man, one may bow him down, but, a good word, maketh him glad.

Isaiah 61:3

To appoint unto the mourners of Zion - To give unto them A chaplet instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of the spirit of dejection, - So shall they be called The oaks of righteousness, The plantation of Yahweh: That he may get himself glory

Matthew 11:28

Come unto me! all ye that toil and are burdened, and, I, will give you rest:

Matthew 26:37

And, taking with him, Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be grieved and to be in great distress.

John 11:35-36

Jesus wept.

Acts 21:13

Then, answered Paul - What are ye doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For, I, not only to be bound, but to die in Jerusalem, am ready, in behalf of the name of the Lord Jesus.

Romans 1:11

For I am longing to see you, that I may impart some spiritual gift unto you, to the end ye may be established, -

Romans 9:2

That I have great grief and incessant travail in my heart;

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with them that rejoice, weep with them that weep:

1 Corinthians 12:26

And, whether one member, suffereth, all the members, suffer with it, or, a member is glorified, all the members, rejoice together.

2 Corinthians 9:14

Themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, longing after you, by reason of the surpassing favour of God resting upon you: -

Galatians 6:2

One another's burdens, be ye bearing, and, so, fill up the law of the Christ.

Ephesians 3:13

Wherefore I request, that there be no fainting in my tribulations in your behalf, the which is your glory; -

Philippians 1:3

I am giving thanks unto my God, on occasion of all my remembrance of you,

Philippians 4:1

So then, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, - thus, stand fast in the Lord, beloved.

1 Peter 1:6

Wherein ye exult, though, for a little, just now, if needful, put to grief in manifold temptations,