Colossians 1:7

Colossians 1:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
• New International Version (NIV)You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
• English Standard Version (ESV)just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf
• New King James Version (NKJV)as you also learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf,

Context of Colossians 1:7

5You live like that because you hope to receive good things from God. You know that God has prepared those good things for you. He is keeping them safe in heaven. You learned that when people first told you God's true message, his good news. 6You have heard this good news, like people all over the world have heard it. It has caused good results among you since the time when you heard it first. At that time, you understood the true message about how kind God really is. As a result, God is blessing you more and more, like he blesses his people everywhere. It was our good friend Epaphras who first told you this good news. Like us, he is Christ's servant. He serves Christ on our behalf. 8He has told us about the love that God's Spirit has given to you. 9Because of all that, we have not stopped praying for you, ever since the day that we heard about you. We ask God that his Spirit will make you truly wise. He will help you to know clearly what he wants you to do. You will understand his true message.

Colossians 1:7 word by word

καθὼς ἐμάθετε ἀπὸ Ἐπαφρᾶ τοῦ ἀγαπητοῦ συνδούλου ἡμῶν, ὅς ἐστιν πιστὸς ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν διάκονος τοῦ Χριστοῦ,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• yeμανθάνωmanthanō · to learnG3129
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
• EpaphrasἘπαφρᾶςEpaphras · EpaphrasG1889
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• dearἀγαπητόςagapētos · belovedG27
• fellowservantσύνδουλοςsundoulos · fellow slaveG4889
• whoὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• forὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
• youσύsu · youG4771
• a faithfulπιστόςpistos · faithfulG4103
• ministerδιάκονοςdiakonos · servantG1249
• of ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547

Cross-references for Colossians 1:7

• Colossians 4:12Epaphras says ‘hello’ to you. He is also one of your people, and he is Jesus Christ's servant. He always prays very strongly for you. He prays that you will continue to grow as believers. He prays that you will completely understand everything that God wants you to do.
• Philemon 1:23Epaphras is also here in prison with me because he serves Christ Jesus. He says ‘hello’ to you.
• Philippians 2:19I want to send Timothy to come to you soon. I hope that the Lord Jesus will let me do that. Then, when Timothy returns to me, he can tell me news about you. And that will make me happy.
• Numbers 12:7But it is different when I speak to Moses. He is the one that I trust to lead all my people.
• Matthew 24:45Jesus then said, ‘You should be like a wise servant. Be someone that the master can trust. The master will choose a man like that. He will say to him, “Rule over my house and all my other servants. Give everyone their food to eat at the right time.”
• Matthew 25:21The master said to this servant, “You are a good servant and you have done really well. You were careful with a small amount of money. Now I will give you authority over many more things. I am really happy about this and I want you to be happy with me.”
• 1 Corinthians 4:2Anyone who has that kind of job must do what his master wants. That is the important thing.
• 1 Corinthians 7:25You asked me a question about people who have not yet married. The Lord has not told me any special rule about this. But I will tell you what I myself think about it. The Lord has been very kind to me. You know that you can believe what I say.
• 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they Christ's servants? I serve him even better than they do! (Now I am speaking like a crazy person.) I work much more than they have worked. I have been in prison more often than they have. People have hit me with whips very many times. I have nearly died many times.
• Ephesians 5:21Serve one another to show that you respect Christ as your master.
• 1 Timothy 4:6You must explain these things to the believers and teach them God's true message. If you do that, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus. Continue to study the message about Jesus that you have already learned. That will help you to be strong.
• 2 Timothy 2:2You have heard the message that I have taught. Many other people also heard it and they agree that it is true. Now you must tell the same message to other people who will be able to teach it to even more people. They should be people that you can trust as honest people and who can teach well.
• Hebrews 2:17Because of that, it was necessary for Jesus to become completely like us, his brothers and sisters. He had to become God's servant on our behalf, like God's most important priest. In that way, he could serve God well and be kind to us. He died as a sacrifice so that God could forgive us for our sins.
• Hebrews 3:2That is what God sent Jesus to do. Jesus did everything that God wanted, just like Moses. Moses served God well when he was the leader of God's people long ago.

Commentaries on Colossians 1:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7As ye also learned of Epaphras - who is for you - Who this Epaphras was we cannot tell; only it is likely that he was a Colossian, and became, by the call and grace of Christ, a deacon of this Church, faithfully labouring with the apostle, to promote its best interests. Some think that he is the same with Epaphroditus, Epaphras being a contraction of that name, as Demas is of Demetrius; and it is remarkable that one of the Slavonic versions has…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7As ye also learned of Epaphras - Epaphras was then with Paul. Philemon 1:23. He had probably been sent to him by the church at Colossae to consult him in reference to some matters pertaining to the church there. It is evident from this, that Epaphras was a minister of the church at Colossae, though there is no evidence, as has been often supposed, that he was the founder of the church. The apostle here says, that they had learned from Epaphras the true…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Epaphras probably became a Christian when Paul preached in Ephesus (see Acts 19:10; see also Colossians 4:12–13; Philemon 1:23). He then went back to Colossae to share the good news about Jesus with his own town.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. As ye also learned--"Also" is omitted in the oldest manuscripts. The insertion implied that those inserting it thought that Paul had preached the Gospel to the Colossians as well as Epaphras, Whereas the omission in the oldest manuscripts implies that Epaphras alone was the founder of the Church at Colosse. of--"from Epaphras." dear--Greek, "beloved." fellow servant--namely, of Christ. In Phm 23 he calls him "my fellow prisoner." It is possible that…Read the comment

Topics related to Colossians 1:7

• Colosse (Colossae)
• Epaphras
• Minister, Christian
• Zeal, Religious

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Commentaries on Colossians 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings