(Vers. 20, 21.)
(Verse 20, 21.) So, brother, may I enjoy you in the Lord, refresh my heart in Christ. Having confidence in your obedience, I have written to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say. I am now being affectionate, so that his obedience may be voluntary, in order to bear fruit. For by doing so, he provokes him to do more than is demanded of him; it often happens that when one sees themselves being thought highly of, they present themselves as even better.
(Vers. 22.)
(Verse 22.) But at the same time, prepare for me a lodging; for I hope that through your prayers I will be given to you. To make him more anxious and obedient, it is indicated that he will come; for those who are absent are usually despised. And the reason why the Apostle does not consider himself unworthy to be here yet, who has always suffered weariness and dangers, murders, persecutions, and chains, and whose rest was only in Christ alone? But for the progress of the believers, and to confound the enemies of the cross of Christ, he offered his own flesh to sufferings, in order to obtain crowns of immortality for his soul and body.
(Vers. 23, 24.)
(Verse 23, 24) Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you. Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers, also send their greetings. They all send their greetings and testify to their share in his glory.
(Vers. 25.)
(Verse 25.) The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, amen. This is the subscription of the Apostle confirming the sent letter.