³ But I am sending the brothers^(A) in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove hollow, but that you may be ready, as I said you would be.^(B)

Final Greetings

²¹ Tychicus,^(A) the dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you everything, so that you also may know how I am and what I am doing. ²² I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are,^(B) and that he may encourage you.^(C)

Final Greetings

⁷ Tychicus^(A) will tell you all the news about me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister and fellow servant^[a](B) in the Lord. ⁸ I am sending him to you for the express purpose that you may know about our^[b] circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts.^(C)

¹² I am sending him—who is my very heart—back to you.