For the ministryof thisserviceis not onlyfully supplyingthe needsof the saints,but is alsooverflowingthroughmanythanksgivingsto God.
But I thoughtit necessaryto sendto you Epaphroditus,my brotherand fellow workerand fellow soldier,who is alsoyour messengerand ministerto my need;
But whoeverhasthe world'sgoods,and seeshis brotherin needand closeshis heartagainsthim, howdoes the loveof Godabidein him?
beggingus with muchurgingfor the favorof participationin the supportof the saints,
For it is superfluousfor me to writeto you aboutthisministryto the saints;
you alsojoining in helpingus through your prayers,sothat thanks may be givenby manypersonson our behalffor the favorbestowedon us through[the prayers] [of] many.
For justas the sufferingsof Christare oursin abundance,soalsoour comfortis abundantthroughChrist.