<p>6:22 <i>Whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our state and that he may comfort your hearts</i>- Tychicus was sent from Paul's prison cell right at the end of his life, it would seem (2 Tim. 4:12). Yet Paul looked out from his own immediate needs and sacrificed one of his few stable friends and encouragers, in order to comfort<i> them</i> and to tell them about his &quot;state&quot;, so that they might pray for him. This was how much he valued prayer for him. <i>&nbsp;</i></p>