Philippians 2:25
Epaphroditus, my brother and coworker and fellow soldier, who is your messenger and minister to my needs, I have thought it necessary to send to you;
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
24but I trust in the Lord that I also shall come shortly.
26for he has been homesick for you all, and distressed at your having heard of his illness.
Cross References
John 17:18"As thou hast sent me into the world, even so I also have sent them into the world.
2 Corinthians 2:13I could get no peace of mind because I failed to find Titus, my brother. So I bade them good-bye and started off for Macedonia.
2 Corinthians 11:7Is it a sin, forsooth, that I humbled myself that you might be exalted, in preaching the gospel to you free of cost?
Philippians 4:18But I give you a receipt in full for all things abound. I am amply supplied with what you sent by Epaphroditus - an odor of sweet fragrance, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God.
Colossians 4:11These are my only fellow workers for the kingdom of God, belonging to the circumcision, who have been any comfort to me.
2 Timothy 2:3Take your share in suffering as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
Matthew Henry on Philippians 2:20-30
Praise of Timothy and Epaphroditus. ( a. d. 62.) 19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. 20 For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state. 21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's. 22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. 23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me. 24 But… Read the whole commentary →