25 I have thought it necessary to send to you (A)Epaphroditus my brother and fellow worker and (B)fellow soldier, and your messenger and (C)minister to my need, 26 for he has been longing for you all and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill. 27 Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

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