Philippians 2:28
Good News Translation
I am all the more eager, then, to send him to you, so that you will be glad again when you see him, and my own sorrow will disappear.

Contemporary English Version
Now I am more eager than ever to send Epaphroditus back again. You will be glad to see him, and I won't have to worry any longer.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore, I sent him the more speedily: that seeing him again, you may rejoice, and I may be without sorrow.

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Therefore, I sent him the more speedily: that seeing him again, you may rejoice, and I may be without sorrow.

ye see.

Philippians 2:26 For indeed he longed after you all: and was sad, for that you had heard that he was sick.

Genesis 45:27,28 They, on the other side, told the whole order of the thing. And when he saw the wagons, and all that he had sent, his spirit revived, . . .

Genesis 46:29,30 And when he was come thither, Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet his father in the same place: and seeing him, he fell upon his neck, and embracing him, wept. . . .

Genesis 48:11 And said to his son: I am not deprived of seeing thee; moreover God hath shewn me thy seed.

John 16:22 So also you now indeed have sorrow: but I will see you again and your heart shall rejoice. And your joy no man shall take from you.

Acts 20:38 Being grieved most of all for the word which he had said, that they should see his face no more. And they brought him on his way to the ship.

2 Timothy 1:4 Desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy:

and that.

Philippians 2:27 For indeed he was sick, nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him. And not only on him, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

2 Corinthians 2:3 And I wrote this same to you: that I may not, when I come, have sorrow upon sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice: having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

1 John 1:3,4 That which we have seen and have heard, we declare unto you: that you also may have fellowship with us and our fellowship may be with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. . . .

Context
Epaphroditus Commended
27For indeed he was sick, nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him. And not only on him, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. 28Therefore, I sent him the more speedily: that seeing him again, you may rejoice, and I may be without sorrow. 29Receive him therefore with all joy in the Lord: and treat with honour such as he is.…
Cross References
Philippians 2:27
For indeed he was sick, nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him. And not only on him, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

Philippians 2:29
Receive him therefore with all joy in the Lord: and treat with honour such as he is.

Additional Translations
Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious.

Therefore I have sent him all the more eagerly, that having seen him again, you may rejoice, and I might be less anxious.

I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that seeing him ye might again rejoice, and that I might be the less sorrowful.

I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

I sent him therefore the more speedily, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

I am therefore all the more eager to send him, in the hope that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have the less sorrow.

I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

The more eagerly, therefore, I did send him, that having seen him again ye may rejoice, and I may be the less sorrowful;
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