The hired hand is concerned about what he’s going to get paid and not about the sheep.
A hired hand isn’t a shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep. When he sees a wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and quickly runs away. So the wolf drags the sheep away and scatters the flock.
“I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep as the Father knows me. My sheep know me as I know the Father.
(Judas didn’t say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the moneybag and carried the contributions.)
Then all ⌞the governor’s officers⌟ took Sosthenes, the synagogue leader, and beat him in front of the court. But Gallio couldn’t have cared less.
So I don’t want you to have any concerns. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, ⌞that is,⌟ about how he can please the Lord.
But the married man is concerned about earthly things, ⌞that is,⌟ about how he can please his wife.
I don’t have anyone else like Timothy. He takes a genuine interest in your welfare.