Philippians 2:25

2:25 But for now ¹  I have considered it necessary to send Epaphroditus to you. For he is my brother, ²  coworker and fellow soldier, and your messenger ³  and minister ⁴  to me in my need. ⁵ 

Philippians 3:13

3:13 Brothers and sisters, ⁶  I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: ⁷  Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,

[2:25]  ¹ tn Grk “But.” The temporal notion (“for now”) is implied in the epistolary aorist (“I have considered”), for Epaphroditus was dispatched with this letter to the Philippians.

[2:25]  ² tn Grk “my brother” instead of “For he is my brother.” Verse 25 constitutes one sentence in Greek, with “my brother…” functioning appositionally to “Epaphroditus.”

[2:25]  ³ tn Grk “apostle.”

[2:25]  ⁴ tn The Greek word translated “minister” here is λειτουργός (leitourgo").

[2:25]  ⁵ tn Grk “servant of my need.”

[3:13]  ⁶ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.

[3:13]  ⁷ tn Grk “But this one thing (I do).”