Philippians:2:19-30

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* Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you before long , so that I may be of good comfort when I learn the news concerning you . * For I have no other like him with a genuine concern for your welfare , * for they are all seeking their own interests , not those of Jesus Christ . * And you know Timothys worth , how he has shared my servitude in furtherance of the gospel , like a son helping his father . * So I hope to send him , as soon as ever I see how it will go with me ; * but I trust in the Lord that I also shall come shortly . * Epaphroditus , my brother and coworker and fellow soldier , who is your messenger and minister to my needs , I have thought it necessary to send to you ; * for he has been homesick for you all , and distressed at your having heard of his illness . * And indeed he was sick nigh unto death ; but God had mercy on him , and not on him only , but on me also so that I should not have sorrow upon sorrow . * Therefore I have been the more eager to send him , in order that you may rejoice in seeing him again , and that I may have one sorrow less . * Receive him then in the Lord with all joy , and hold in honor men like him ; * for it was through the work of the Lord that he came near to death ; for he hazarded his very life to supply what was lacking in the help you sent me .

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