腓立比書2:25-30

2:25 然而，我想必須打發以巴弗提到你們那裡去。他是我的兄弟，與我一同做工，一同當兵，是你們所差遣的，也是供給我需用的。
2:26 他很想念你們眾人，並且極其難過，因為你們聽見他病了。
2:27 他實在是病了，幾乎要死；然而上帝憐恤他，不但憐恤他，也憐恤我，免得我憂上加憂。
2:28 所以我越發急速打發他去，叫你們再見他，就可以喜樂，我也可以少些憂愁。
2:29 故此，你們要在主裡歡歡樂樂地接待他，而且要尊重這樣的人；
2:30 因他為做基督的工夫，幾乎至死，不顧性命，要補足你們供給我的不及之處。

²⁵ 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. ²⁶ For he longs for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill. ²⁷ Indeed he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow. ²⁸ Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety. ²⁹ So then, welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him, ³⁰ because he almost died for the work of Christ. He risked his life to make up for the help you yourselves could not give me.

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    保羅更為以巴弗提感謝腓立比教會，因為他是讓保羅非常感動的腓立比信徒，並且向腓立比教會說到：「你們要在主裡歡歡樂樂地接待他，而且要尊重這樣的人；因他為做基督的工夫，幾乎至死，不顧性命，要補足你們供給我的不及之處。」

    這也讓我們感受到主裡面的情誼是多麼美好啊！