Philippians 2:24

24 but trusting, as I do, in the Lord, I believe that I shall myself also come to you before long.

Philippians 2:24 Meaning and Commentary

Philippians 2:24

But I trust in the Lord
The Syriac version reads, "in my Lord":

that I also myself shall come shortly:
this he adds, partly to let them see, that he still retained a secret hope and persuasion in his own mind of a deliverance, though he could not be certain of it, how things would go with him; and partly, that he might not be thought to put them off with sending Timothy to them; for notwithstanding that, his intention still was, should he be released, to pay them a visit himself. The Alexandrian copy adds, "to you": so the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions.

Philippians 2:24 In-Context

22 But you know Timothy's approved worth--how, like a child working with his father, he has served with me in furtherance of the Good News.

23 So it is he that I hope to send as soon as ever I see how things go with me;

24 but trusting, as I do, in the Lord, I believe that I shall myself also come to you before long.

25 Yet I deem it important to send Epaphroditus to you now--he is my brother and comrade both in labour and in arms, and is your messenger who has ministered to my needs.

26 I send him because he is longing to see you all and is distressed at your having heard of his illness.