Philippians 2:19-30
Timothy
and Epaphroditus
19 But I hope in THE LORD JESUS
to send Timothy to you shortly, so that I also may be encouraged when
I learn of your condition.
20 For I have no one else of
kindred spirit who will genuinely be concerned for your welfare.
21 For they all seek after their
own interests, not those of CHRIST JESUS.
22 But you know of his proven
worth, that he served with me in the furtherance of THE GOSPEL like
a child serving his father.
23 Therefore I hope to send him
immediately, as soon as I see how things go with me;
24 and I trust in THE LORD that I
myself also will be coming shortly.
25 But I thought it necessary to send
to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow
soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my need;
26 because he was longing for
you all and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.
27 For indeed he was sick to the
point of death, but GOD
had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, so that I would not have
sorrow upon sorrow.
28 Therefore I have sent him all the
more eagerly so that when you see him again you may rejoice and I may be less
concerned about you.
29 Receive him then in THE LORD with
all joy, and hold men like him in high regard;
30 because he came close to
death for the work of CHRIST, risking his life to complete what was
deficient in your service to me.”
