2 Timothy 4:12

And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.

And - Greek, 'But.' Thou art to come to me, but Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus, to supply Timothy's place in presiding over the church there in his absence (cf. ). Ellicott explains, 'I need one profitable for the ministry: I had one in Tychicus (), but he is gone.' Tychicus had been already sent, during Paul's first imprisonment, to Asia to comfort the hearts of believers there (; ). The omission of 'to thee' is against the view that Tychicus bore this letter.