Philippians 2:28

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

²⁷  For 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.

²⁸  I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

²⁹  Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:

³⁰  Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.