Philippians 2:25-27

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²⁵ Still, I think it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus—my brother and co-worker and fellow-soldier, your messenger^[a] and minister to my need; ²⁶ for he has been longing for^[b] all of you, and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill. ²⁷ He was indeed so ill that he nearly died. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, so that I would not have one sorrow after another.