28. ἔπεμψα. Anglicé, “I have sent,” “I am sending.”
ἀλυπότερος. Again with perfect candour of heart he does not say “glad,” but “less sorrowful.” The separation from Epaphroditus would be a human sorrow, which would temper the happiness with which he would restore him to the Philippians; and he does not disguise it.