¹⁹I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy^b to you soon,^c that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you. ²⁰I have no one else like him,^d who will show genuine concern for your welfare. ²¹For everyone looks out for their own interests,^e not those of Jesus Christ. ²²But you know that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father^f he has served with me in the work of the gospel. ²³I hope, therefore, to send him as soon as I see how things go with me.^g ²⁴And I am confident^h in the Lord that I myself will come soon.

²⁵But I think it is necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, co-workerⁱ and fellow soldier,^j who is also your messenger, whom you sent to take care of my needs.^k ²⁶For he longs for all of you^l and is distressed because you heard he was ill. ²⁷Indeed he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow. ²⁸Therefore I am all the more eager to send him,^m so that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety. ²⁹So then, welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him,ⁿ ³⁰because he almost died for the work of Christ. He risked his life to make up for the help you yourselves could not give me.^o

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Cross references

bSee Ac 16:1
cver 23
d 1 Co 16:10
eSee 1 Co 10:24
f 1 Co 4:17; 1 Ti 1:2
gver 19
h Php 1:25
i Ro 16:3, 9, 21; 2 Co 8:23; Php 4:3; Col 4:11; Phm 1
j Phm 2
k Php 4:18
l Php 1:8
mver 25
n 1 Co 16:18; 1 Ti 5:17
o 1 Co 16:17