Timothy and Epaphroditus

(1 Corinthians 16:10–12)

Now I hope in [the] Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I learn how you {are doing}. 20 I have nobody else like him who {will} genuinely care for your needs 21 For all the [others] look after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.[fn] 22 But you know [Timothy’s] proven worth, that as a child [with his] father he has served with me to [advance] the gospel. 23 So I hope to send him as soon as I see what happens with me. 24 And I trust in [the] Lord that I myself will come soon.

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But I thought [it] necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, [who is] also your messenger and minister to my needs. 26 For he has been longing for[fn] all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill. 27 vvv He was sick indeed, nearly unto death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, to vvv spare me sorrow upon sorrow.

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Therefore {I am} all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious. 29 Welcome him in [the] Lord with great joy, and vvv honor men [like him], 30 because he nearly died for the work of Christ,[fn] disregarding[fn] [his] life to make up for your deficit of service to me. 3