Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,

who, though he was in the form of God, did not consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,

for he was longing for you all and was distressed because you had heard that he was ill.

Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

because he almost died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was deficient in your service to me.

But whatever was gain to me, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.

Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles.