God will bear me witness how I yearn over you all with the tenderness of Christ Jesus.

But you know what Timothy has proved himself to be, and how, like a child working for his father, he worked hard with me in spreading the Good News.

It is Timothy, then, whom I hope to send, as soon as ever I can foresee how it will go with me.

I know how to face humble circumstances, and I know how to face prosperity. Into all and every human experience I have been initiated--into plenty and hunger, into prosperity and want.