Phili 2:26 | JFB | STEP | 26. For-- reason for thinking it "necessary to send" "Epaphroditus. Translate as Greek, "Inasmuch as he was longing after you all." full of heaviness-- The Greek expresses the being worn out and overpowered with heavy grief. because that ye had heard that he had been sick-- rather, "that he was sick." He felt how exceedingly saddened you would be in hearing it; and he now is hastening to relieve your minds of the anxiety.

‏ Philippians 2:26

26. For--reason for thinking it "necessary to send" "Epaphroditus. Translate as Greek, "Inasmuch as he was longing after you all."

full of heaviness--The Greek expresses the being worn out and overpowered with heavy grief.

because that ye had heard that he had been sick--rather, "that he was sick." He felt how exceedingly saddened you would be in hearing it; and he now is hastening to relieve your minds of the anxiety.