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Epaphroditus

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Named at Philippians 2:25: “But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need”. 2:26–27 go on, “since he longed for you all, and was very troubled because you had heard that he was sick. For indeed he was sick nearly to death, but God had mercy on him”; 2:28 says, “I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful”; and 2:30, “for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.” 4:18 says, “I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you”. At 2:25 the Korean Revised Version calls him 너희 사자, with 사자, a messenger, where WEB reads “your apostle”.

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PHP 2:25–30, engwebp
²⁵But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need,
²⁶since he longed for you all, and was very troubled because you had heard that he was sick.
²⁷For indeed he was sick nearly to death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.
²⁸I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
²⁹Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such people in honor,
³⁰because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
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PHP 4:10–20, engwebp
¹⁰But I rejoice in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your thought for me; in which you did indeed take thought, but you lacked opportunity.
¹¹Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.
¹²I know how to be humbled, and I also know how to abound. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.
¹³I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
¹⁴However you did well that you shared in my affliction.
¹⁵You yourselves also know, you Philippians, that in the beginning of the Good News, when I departed from Macedonia, no assembly shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you only.
¹⁶For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to my need.
¹⁷Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.
¹⁸But I have all things and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.
¹⁹My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
²⁰Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever! Amen.
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Epaphroditus — Fellow worker of — Paul

Evidence: Philippians 2:25–30
Epaphroditus — Fellow soldier of — Paul

Evidence: Philippians 2:25–30
Took part in (2) — The writer’s sending of Epaphroditus, The writer’s receiving from Epaphroditus the things that came from the Philippians

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But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need,

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But I have all things and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.

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Entry: Epaphroditus (person-epaphroditus)
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Current wording: Named at Philippians 2:25: “But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need”. 2:26–27 go on, “since he longed for you all, and was very troubled because you had heard that he was sick. For indeed he was sick nearly to death, but God had mercy on him”; 2:28 says, “I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful”; and 2:30, “for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.” 4:18 says, “I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you”. At 2:25 the Korean Revised Version calls him 너희 사자, with 사자, a messenger, where WEB reads “your apostle”.
Cited evidence: PHP 2:25–30, engwebp / PHP 4:10–20, engwebp
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