²⁸ I ·want very much [am very eager] to send him to you so that when you see him you can ·be happy [rejoice], and I can stop worrying about you. ²⁹ Welcome him in the Lord with much joy. Give honor to people like him, ³⁰ because he almost died for the work of Christ. He risked his life to give me the help you could not give in your service to me.