Philippians 2:27-30

27for he was also sick close to death, but 1God had mercy on him, and not indeed on him alone, but also on me, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow. 28I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that seeing him ye might again rejoice, and that I might be the less sorrowful. 29Receive him therefore in [the] Lord with all joy, and hold such in honour; 30because for the sake of the work he drew near even to death, venturing his life that he might fill up what lacked in your ministration toward me.