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Philippians 2:26

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For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
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  1. Ephesians 3:13Rank 1 from verse 26
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    13Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

  2. Isaiah 61:3Rank 2 from verse 26
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    3To 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.

  3. Philippians 1:8Rank 3 from verse 26
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    8For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

  4. Proverbs 12:25Rank 4 from verse 26
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    25Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

  5. Romans 12:15Rank 5 from verse 26
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    15Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

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Philippians 2:26

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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longed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of long, meaning to desire earnestly.

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

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25Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.

26For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

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

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