23. Therefore I hope to send him immediately, as soon as I see how things go with me;
24. and I trust in the Lord that I myself also will be coming shortly.
25. But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my need;
26. because he was longing for you all and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.