19Buta I trustin the LordJesus to sendTimotheusshortly unto you,that I also may be of good comfort , when I knowyourstate.20For I have no manlikeminded,bwho will naturallycare for yourstate.21Forallseek their own,not the things which areJesusChrist's.22But ye know the proof of him,that,as a son with the father, he hath servedwithmein the gospel.23Himtherefore I hope to sendpresently, so soon asI shall seehow it will go with me.24But I trustin the LordthatIalsomyself shall comeshortly.25Yet I supposed it necessary to sendtoyouEpaphroditus,mybrother,and companion in labour,andfellowsoldier,butyourmessenger,and he that ministered to mywants.26Forhe longed afteryouall,and was full of heaviness , because that ye had heardthat he had been sick .
27Forindeed he was sicknigh unto death:butGod had mercy on him;andnot on himonly,but on mealso,lest I should havesorrowuponsorrow.28
I senthimtherefore the more carefully,that, when ye seehimagain, ye may rejoice , and that I may be the less sorrowful.29Receivehimthereforein the Lordwithallgladness;andholdcsuch in reputation:30Becausefor the work of Christ he was nighuntodeath, not regarding his life,tosupplyyourlack of servicetowardme.
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