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17 and if my blood should serve as a libation to ratify your faith, I should rejoice and congratulate with you all thereupon; 18 and you too should be glad and congratulate me upon that account. 19 However, I hope by the favour of the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you very soon, that I may have some encouragement by knowing the state of your affairs: 20 for there is no one that is so dear to me as he, and no one will more sincerely interest himself in your concerns. 21 the most consult their private advantage, and neglect the dispensation of Jesus Christ. 22 you know he has stood the test, and has serv'd with me in the gospel, as a son serves with his father. 23 I hope therefore to send him to you as soon as I find what turn my affairs shall take: 24 nay, I trust in the Lord, that I myself too shall visit you very soon. 25 however I thought it necessary to send you Epaphroditus my brother, my collegue in the ministry, and my fellow-soldier, whom you had sent to supply my wants: 26 for he long'd to see you all, and was greatly concern'd, that you should hear he was sick, and indeed he was sick almost unto death: 27 but God had pity on him, and not on him only, but on me likewise, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. 28 I sent him therefore with the greater dispatch, that I might have the less disquietude, by the satisfaction you will find in seeing him again. 29 receive him then in the Lord with all alacrity, and let such be the objects of your esteem: 30 for he was upon the brink of death for the service of Christ, having expos'd his life to the greatest dangers, to perform those kind offices, which you could not do yourselves. Philippians 2:17-30, Mace New Testament. Public domain.
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