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.

⁴ He was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus^(A) and Secundus from Thessalonica,^(B) Gaius^(C) from Derbe, Timothy^(D) also, and Tychicus^(E) and Trophimus^(F) from the province of Asia.^(G)

¹² I sent Tychicus^(A) to Ephesus.^(B)

Final Remarks

¹² As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus^(A) to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to winter there.^(B)

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) 9} He is coming with Onesimus,^(D) our faithful and dear brother, who is one of you.^(E) They will tell you everything that is happening here.

¹⁵ Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience^(A) means salvation,^(B) just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.^(C)

Final Greetings

¹² With the help of Silas,^[a](A) whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly,^(B) encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.^(C)

¹⁶ no longer as a slave,^(A) but better than a slave, as a dear brother.^(B) He is very dear to me but even dearer to you, both as a fellow man and as a brother in the Lord.

⁶ If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters,^[a] you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the truths of the faith^(A) and of the good teaching that you have followed.^(B)