26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Jesus wept. Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
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Commentary on Philippians 2 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 2
The apostle proceeds to further exhortations to several duties, to be like-minded, and lowly-minded, which he presses from the example of Christ (v. 1-11), to be diligent and serious in the Christian course (v. 12, 13), and to adorn their Christian profession by several suitable graces (v. 14-18). He then concludes with particular notice and commendation of two good ministers, Timothy and Epaphroditus, whom he designed to send to them (v. 19-30).
Phl 2:1-11
The apostle proceeds in this chapter where he left off in the last, with further exhortations to Christian duties. He presses them largely to like-mindedness and lowly-mindedness, in conformity to the example of the Lord Jesus, the great pattern of humility and love. Here we may observe,
Phl 2:12-13
Phl 2:14-18
The apostle exhorts them in these verses to adorn their Christian profession by a suitable temper and behaviour, in several instances.
Phl 2:19-30
Paul takes particular notice of two good ministers; for though he was himself a great apostle, and laboured more abundantly than they all, yet he took all occasions to speak with respect of those who were far his inferiors.