²⁰ Erastus^(A) stayed in Corinth, and I left Trophimus^(B) sick in Miletus.^(C)

⁴ He was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus^(A) and Secundus from Thessalonica,^(B) Gaius^(C) from Derbe, Timothy^(D) also, and Tychicus^(E) and Trophimus^(F) from the province of Asia.^(G)

²⁹ (They had previously seen Trophimus^(A) the Ephesian^(B) in the city with Paul and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.)

²² He sent two of his helpers,^(A) Timothy^(B) and Erastus,^(C) to Macedonia, while he stayed in the province of Asia^(D) a little longer.

²⁶ For he longs for all of you^(A) and is distressed because you heard he was ill. ²⁷ Indeed he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.

²³ Gaius,^(A) whose hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy, sends you his greetings.

Erastus,^(B) who is the city’s director of public works, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings.

¹⁵ The next day we set sail from there and arrived off Chios. The day after that we crossed over to Samos, and on the following day arrived at Miletus.^(A)

¹⁷ From Miletus,^(A) Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders^(B) of the church.