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Philippians 2
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 see how things go with me;
²⁴ and I trust in the Lord that I myself also will be coming shortly.
²⁵ But I thought 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 about you.
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 complete what was deficient in your service to me.
Philippians 3
¹ Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.
² Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision;