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Philippians 2:28

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2:28Therefore I am all the more eager to send him,26 so that when you see him again you can rejoice27 and I can be free from anxiety.

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Footnotes

  1. 26 Grk “I have sent him to you with earnestness.” But the epistolary aorist needs to be translated as a present tense with this adverb due to English stylistic considerations.
  2. 27 Or “when you see him you can rejoice again.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I am the more eager to send him, therefore, that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For this reason, I am very eager to send him so that you may rejoice again when you see him and I may be less anxious.

NLTNew Living Translation

So I am all the more anxious to send him back to you, for I know you will be glad to see him, and then I will not be so worried about you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore I am sending him with special urgency, in order that when you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious.

KJV 1900King James Version

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