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. Titus 3:12). Ellicott explains, 'I need one profitable for the ministry: I had one in Tychicus (Ephesians 6:21), but he is gone.' Tychicus had been already sent, during Paul's first imprisonment, to Asia to comfort the hearts of believers there (Ephesians 6:21; Colossians 4:7). The omission of 'to thee' is against the view that Tychicus bore this letter.