Filipenses 2:28

28 Así que lo envío urgentemente para que, al verlo de nuevo, ustedes se alegren y yo esté menos preocupado.

Filipenses 2:28 Meaning and Commentary

Philippians 2:28

I sent him therefore the more carefully
Or in greater haste, and as soon as possible:

that when ye see him again ye may rejoice;
for this must greatly increase their joy, to see him again after he had been so long from them, and under such a disorder, which had made them to fear they should never see him more. The Syriac version renders it, "that when ye see him ye may rejoice again"; as they had done heretofore in his conversation and ministry, when among them:

and that I may be the less sorrowful;
when he should hear of his safe arrival among them, and of their joyful reception of him to their mutual satisfaction, which would be an alleviation of the apostle's sorrow in his present circumstances; for he did not expect to be wholly without sorrow while in this life.

Filipenses 2:28 In-Context

26 Él los extraña mucho a todos y está afligido porque ustedes se enteraron de que estaba enfermo.

27 En efecto, estuvo enfermo y al borde de la muerte; pero Dios se compadeció de él, y no solo de él sino también de mí, para no añadir tristeza a mi tristeza.

28 Así que lo envío urgentemente para que, al verlo de nuevo, ustedes se alegren y yo esté menos preocupado.

29 Recíbanlo en el Señor con toda alegría y honren a los que son como él,

30 porque estuvo a punto de morir por la obra de Cristo, arriesgando la vida para suplir el servicio que ustedes no podían prestarme.