Philippians 2:20-30 ▼

20 For I have no one else of kindred spirit who will genuinely be concerned about your circumstances.

21 For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.

22 But you know of his proven worth, that he served with me in the furtherance of the gospel like a child serving his father.

23 Therefore I hope to send him immediately, as soon as I evaluate my own circumstances,

24 and I am confident in the Lord that I myself also will be coming shortly.

25 But I regarded it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my need;

26 because he was longing for you all and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.

27 For indeed he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow.

28 Therefore I have sent him all the more eagerly so that when you see him again you may rejoice and I may be less concerned.

29 Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and hold men like him in high regard

30 because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to fulfill what was lacking in your service to me.