“It is apparent that the people and Epaphroditus loved one another inseparably. He is commended by the apostle also, so as to make him all the more dear.… This is the reason for explicitly recalling the struggle of Epaphroditus: his unhesitating willingness to die for the sake of the gospel.”
Ambrosiaster, 4th c. — EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS 2.30
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29Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
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27For 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.
28I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
— Philippians 2:29 —
30Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.