His reason for sending Timothy above all others: I have none so “like-minded,” literally, “like-souled,” with myself as is Timothy. Compare Deu 13:6, “Thy friend which is as thine own soul” (Psa 55:14). Paul’s second self.
naturally - Greek, “genuinely”; “with sincere solicitude.” A case wherein the Spirit of God so changed man’s nature, that to be natural was with him to be spiritual: the great point to be aimed at.