Epaphroditus Praised
25 Yet I considered it necessary to send to you Phil. 4:18Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and Philem. 2fellow soldier, John 13:16; 2 Cor. 8:23but your messenger and 2 Cor. 11:9the one who ministered to my need; 26 Phil. 1:8since he was longing for you all, and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick. 27 For indeed he was sick almost unto death; but God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.