Philippians 2:29-30
So receive him (Epaphroditus) in the Lord with all joy, and honour such men, for he almost died for the work of Christ, and risked his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me
Do we give honour to people who are risking their lives (or reputation, or money, or status, or comfort, or control) for the work of Jesus? Our tendency is to honour to people who have more obvious gifts - good speakers or musicians - or, even worse, base it on worldly standards of success - numbers of people, human praise, reputation, money, possessions. That's not how Paul evaluates things, and neither should we, because neither does God!
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