I hope in the Lord Jesus to send you Timotheus before long, that I may be heartened by news of you.

I hope to send him then, as soon as ever I see how it will go with me ??24 though I am confident in the Lord that I shall be coming myself before long.

As for Epaphroditus, however, my brother, my fellow-worker, my fellow-soldier, and your messenger to meet my wants, I think it necessary to send you him at once,

So I am specially eager to send him, that you may be glad when you see him again, and thus my own anxiety may be lightened.

even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent money more than once for my needs.

Your debt to me is fully paid and more than paid! I am amply supplied with what you have sent by Epaphroditus, a fragrant perfume, the sort of sacrifice that God approves and welcomes.

Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers beside me salute you.