This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.
as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.
For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.
they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord’s people.
There is no need for me to write to you about this service to the Lord’s people.
But I think it is necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, co-worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger, whom you sent to take care of my needs.
If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?