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I can be free from anxiety
"I will be less anxious" or "I will not worry as much as I have been"
Welcome Epaphroditus
"Gladly receive Epaphroditus"
in the Lord with all joy
"as a fellow believer in the Lord with all joy" or "with the great joy we have because the Lord Jesus loves us"
he came near death
Paul here speaks of death as if it were a place that one could go to. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
fill up what you could not do in service to me
Paul speaks of his needs as if they were a container that Epaphroditus filled with good things for Paul. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)