Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in honor:
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Ambrosiaster
AD 400
It is apparent that the people and Epaphroditus loved one another inseparably. He is commended by the apostle also, so as to make him all the more dear…. This is the reason for explicitly recalling the struggle of Epaphroditus: his unhesitating willingness to die for the sake of the gospel.