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The Book of Philippians, Chapter 2, Verse 19

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But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.
King James Version
For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
American Standard Version
For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your state.
New English Translation
But these assets I have come to regard as liabilities because of Christ.
World English Bible
But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing.
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For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.
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But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
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Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.
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But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
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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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For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
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For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
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I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
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Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
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Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.