Philippians 2:27

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

2 Kings 20:1

In those days Hezekiah became ill and was near death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.”

Job 5:19

In six crises He will deliver you; even in seven, disaster will not touch you.

Psalm 34:19

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

Isaiah 27:8

You fought with them by banishing them, by driving them away. He has expelled them on the day of the east wind with His fierce wind.

Isaiah 38:17

Behold, it was for my own peace that I had great bitterness; but You have kept my soul from the pit of corruption, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

Isaiah 43:2

When you pass through waters, I will be with you. And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame kindle on you.

Jeremiah 10:24

O  Lord, correct me, but with justice, not in Your anger, lest You bring me to nothing.

Jeremiah 45:3

You said, “Alas, woe is me! For the Lord has added grief to my sorrow. I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.”

Jeremiah 8:18

My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.

Habakkuk 3:2

O  Lord, I have heard the report of You, and was afraid; O  Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years! In the midst of these years make them known; in wrath remember mercy.

Acts 9:37

In those days she became ill and died. And when they had washed her, they placed her in an upper room.

1 Corinthians 10:13

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, and He will not permit you to be tempted above what you can endure, but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.

2 Corinthians 2:7

So on the contrary, you ought to forgive him and comfort him, lest perhaps he might be swallowed up with excessive sorrow.

Philippians 2:26

For he longed after you all and was filled with heaviness, because you heard that he was sick.

Philippians 2:28

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

Philippians 2:30

because for the work of Christ he was near death, not regarding his life, endeavoring to make up for your lack of service toward me.