Philippians 2:28

I sent In an English letter it would run, I have sent, or I am sending.

carefully Better, with R.V. diligently; taking pains to arrange.

less sorrowful A beautiful touch of character. Among his sorrows, he intimates, was his being the unwilling cause of separating Epaphroditus from the Philippians, and bringing him into risks at Rome. To think of him as safely returned to Philippi would be a solace, though it would be a new separation for himself. Under the shadow of that last thought, perhaps, he says not "happier" but "less sorrowful."