Christian Living 101 – Two Shining Examples

Timothy and Epaphroditus Sent
¹⁹ But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, so that I also may be in good spirits when I learn of your circumstances. ²⁰ For I have no one else of kindred spirit who will genuinely be concerned about your circumstances. ²¹ For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus. ²² But you know of his proven worth, that he served with me in the furtherance of the gospel like a child serving his father. ²³ Therefore I hope to send him immediately, as soon as I evaluate my own circumstances, ²⁴ and I am confident in the Lord that I myself also will be coming shortly. ²⁵ But I regarded it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my need; ²⁶ because he was longing for you all and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick. ²⁷ For indeed he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow. ²⁸ Therefore I have sent him all the more eagerly so that when you see him again you may rejoice and I may be less concerned. ²⁹ Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and hold men like him in high regard ³⁰ because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to fulfill what was lacking in your service to me.