Philippians 2:25 BSB

Philippians 2:25

But I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my needs.

BSB

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ASV

But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need;

KJV

Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus,.... In the mean while, before either he or Timothy could come to them. This man was sent by the Philippians to the apostle with a present, and had been detained at Rome for some time, partly through business, and partly through sickness; but now the apostle thought it proper, he being recovered, to send him to them, who was one of their ministers. One of this name lived at Rome about this time, and was one of Nero's freemen (o), but not the same person here intended.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He seems to be the same who is called Epaphras, Col. iv. He had an earnest desire to come to them, and Paul was willing he should. Epaphroditus had been sick: They had heard that he had been sick,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus - Epaphroditus is nowhere else mentioned but in this Epistle; see Php 4:18. All that is known of him, therefore, is what is mentioned here. He was from Philippi, and was a member of the church there. He had been employed by the Philippians to carry relief to Paul when he was in Rome Php 4:18, and while in Rome he was taken dangerously sick.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀναγκαῖον	Anagkaion	Necessary	G316 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ἡγησάμην	hēgēsamēn	I esteemed [it]	G2233 →
Ἐπαφρόδιτον	Epaphroditon	Epaphroditus	G1891 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
ἀδελφὸν	adelphon	brother	G80 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
συνεργὸν	sunergon	fellow worker	G4904 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
συστρατιώτην	sustratiōtēn	fellow soldier	G4961 →
μου,	mou	of mine,	G3165 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ἀπόστολον	apostolon	messenger	G652 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
λειτουργὸν	leitourgon	minister	G3011 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
χρείας	chreias	need	G5532 →
μου,	mou	of mine,	G3165 →
πέμψαι	pempsai	to send	G3992 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
ὑμᾶς·	humas	you;	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:5
  you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- Ephesians 2:20–22
  built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
- 2 Corinthians 6:1
  As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
- 1 Corinthians 3:16
  Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
- Mark 16:20
  And they went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked through them, confirming His word by the signs that accompanied it.
Through
Philippians 4:18
I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
leads to
- Hebrews 13:16
  And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Through
Colossians 1:7
You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
leads to
- Colossians 4:12
  Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the…
- Philemon 1:23
  Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings,

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