Philippians 2:28

“I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that. may be the less sorrowful”

“I have sent him therefore the more diligently”: “The more promptly” (Rhm. “With special urgency” (Jackson p. 58). That is sooner than Paul had originally intended and sooner than the Philippians were expecting him to come back. Because of this serious illness and their concern for him, Paul decides that his swift return would be the best thing for all involved. “That”: The purpose being. “When ye see him again, ye may rejoice”: That this beloved brother of theirs is alive and well. “And that. may be the less sorrowful”: “I may feel more relieved” (Gspd). “Paul himself would be the more relieved to think of the mutual joy that Epaphroditus and his friends in Philippi would experience when they were safely reunited” (Bruce p. 97). “It is the expectation of their joy which makes him glad. There is. certain sublimity of unselfishness in the case of one who finds relief in. personal loss by which others are to gain” (Erdman p. 103).