But I am sending the brothers so that our boasting about you in this matter would not prove empty, and so that you would be ready just as I said.

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Paul’s Farewell

21 Tychicus,(A) our dearly loved brother and faithful servant[a] in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me so that you may be informed. 22 I am sending him to you for this very reason, to let you know how we are and to encourage(B) your hearts.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:21 Or deacon

Final Greetings

Tychicus,(A) our dearly loved brother, faithful(B) minister, and fellow servant in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me. I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know how we are[a] and so that he may encourage(C) your hearts.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 4:8 Other mss read that he may know how you are

12 I am sending him back to you—I am sending my very own heart.[a][b]

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  1. 12 Other mss read him back. Receive him, my own heart.
  2. 12 Lit you—that is, my own heart

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