a[1 Cor. 4:17; 1 Thess. 3:2]
b[1 Cor. 16:10]
c[2 Tim. 3:2]; See 1 Cor. 10:24
e2 Cor. 2:9
f1 Cor. 4:17; 1 Tim. 1:2; 2 Tim. 1:2
h[2 Tim. 3:10]
i[ch. 1:25; Philem. 22]
jch. 4:18
kPhilem. 2
l[ch. 4:18]
mRom. 16:2
n1 Cor. 16:18; 1 Thess. 5:12, 13; 1 Tim. 5:17
o[Acts 20:24]
p[ch. 4:10]; See 1 Cor. 16:17

Philippians 2:19-30

Timothy and Epaphroditus

19I hope in the Lord Jesus ato send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you. 20For I have no one blike him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. 21For they all cseek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. 22But you know Timothy’s ▼
▼Greek his
 eproven worth, how fas a son ▼
▼Greek child
 with a father hhe has served with me in the gospel. 23I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me, 24and iI trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also.

25I have thought it necessary to send to you jEpaphroditus my brother and fellow worker and kfellow soldier, and your messenger and lminister to my need, 26for he has been longing for you all and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill. 27Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. 28I am the more eager to send him, therefore, that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious. 29So mreceive him in the Lord with all joy, and nhonor such men, 30for he nearly died ofor the work of Christ, risking his life pto complete what was lacking in your service to me.

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