^{20 Ref} For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your state.

^{21 Ref} For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

^{22 Ref} But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child `serveth' a father, `so' he served with me in furtherance of the gospel.

^{23 Ref} Him therefore I hope to send forthwith, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me:

^{24 Ref} but I trust in the Lord that I myself also shall come shortly.

^{25 Ref} 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;