2 Timothy 4:12

Tychicus. Another of Paul’s faithful co-workers in the gospel (see Acts 20:4; Titus 3:12). He and Timothy were with the apostle in Rome when he wrote the Epistle to the Colossians (see Colossians 1:1; 4:7). He was the messenger who carried the apostle’s epistle from Rome to the Ephesians (Ephesians 6:21, 22).

Have I sent. Or, “I am sending” (cf. on 2 Corinthians 8:17). Apparently Tychicus bore this epistle personally to Timothy and emphasized the urgency of Paul’s requests. How solicitous these younger men were of their beloved “father” in the faith! Here Paul was commissioning Tychicus to the Ephesians district, in order that this important field might be properly supervised during the absence of both Timothy and Mark.