Philippians 2:25-30 - Epaphroditus' Mission
25 But I think it proper now to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow-laborer, and fellow-soldier, but your messenger to minister to my needs, 26 for he has been longing to see you and has been homesick because you have heard that he was sick. 27 For he was so sick that he was on the point of dying, but God took pity on him, and not only on him but on me too, to keep me from having one sorrow after another. 28 I very eagerly send him, so that when you see him you may be glad of it, and I may be less sorrowful. 29 So give him a hearty Christian welcome and hold in honor men like him, 30 because he came near dying for the sake of the Lord's work and risked his life to make up for your lack of opportunity to minister to me.