Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because ye had heard that he was sick.

For indeed he was sick nigh to death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

Because for the work of Christ he was nigh to death, not regarding his life, to supply the want of your service towards me.