| English Standard Version (ESV) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 28 I am the more eager to send him, therefore, that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious. | 28 Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety. |
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