17 Your faith makes you give your lives as a sacrifice in serving God. Maybe I will have to offer my own life with your sacrifice. But if that happens, I will be glad, and I will share my joy with all of you.
18 You also should be glad and share your joy with me.
19 With the blessing of the Lord Jesus, I hope I will be able to send Timothy to you soon. I will be glad to learn how you are.
20 I have no one else like Timothy, who genuinely cares for you.
21 Others are interested only in their own lives. They don’t care about the work of Christ Jesus.
22 You know the kind of person Timothy is. He has served with me in telling the Good News like a son with his father.
23 I plan to send him to you quickly, as soon as I know what will happen to me.