I have no one else like Timothy, who genuinely cares about your welfare.
Parallel translations
- WEB For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.
- KJV For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
- BSB I have nobody else like him who will genuinely care for your needs.
- NKJV For I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care for your state.
- NASB For I have no one else of kindred spirit who will genuinely be concerned for your welfare.
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Quick answer
Paul has no one else so genuinely concerned for the Philippians as Timothy. Timothy embodies authentic, others-centered care.
Overview
Timothy is "like-minded," sharing Paul's heart and the mind of Christ Paul has urged on all. His sincere concern for the church sets him apart. He is a model of the unselfish love that chapter 2 calls every believer to imitate.
Cross-references & the web
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- Phil 2:2make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
- Phil 2:22But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.
- 1 Sam 18:3Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
- 1 Cor 16:10Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear, for he does the work of the Lord, as I also do.
- 1 Sam 18:1When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
- John 10:13The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn’t care for the sheep.
- John 12:6Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
- 2 Tim 1:5having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.
- Prov 31:29“Many women do noble things, but you excel them all.”
- Col 4:11and Jesus who is called Justus. These are my only fellow workers for God’s Kingdom who are of the circumcision, men who have been a comfort to me.
- Ps 55:13But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend.
- 1 Cor 1:10–11Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
- 1 Tim 1:2to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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