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Colossians 4:7-18

71As to allG3956 my affairs, 2TychicusG5190, our 3belovedG27 brotherG80 and faithfulG4103 servantG1249 and fellowG4889 bond-servantG4889 in the LordG2962, will bringG1107 you informationG1107. 84For I have sentG3992 him to you for thisG3778 veryG846 purpose, that you may knowG1097 aboutG1097 our circumstancesG3588G4012 and that he may 5encourageG3870 your heartsG2588; 96and with him is 7OnesimusG3682, our faithfulG4103 and 8belovedG27 brotherG80, 9whoG3739 is one of your own. They will informG1107 you about the wholeG3956 situation hereG5602.

1010AristarchusG708, my 11fellowG4869 prisonerG4869, sendsG782 you his greetingsG782; and also 12Barnabas’G921 cousinG431 MarkG3138 (aboutG4012 whomG3739 you receivedG2983 13instructionsG1785; 14ifG1437 he comesG2064 to you, welcomeG1209 him); 11and also JesusG2424 who is calledG3004 JustusG2459; theseG3778 are the onlyG3441 15fellowG4904 workersG4904 for the kingdomG932 of GodG2316 16who are from the circumcisionG4061, and they have provedG1096 to be an encouragementG3931 to me. 1217EpaphrasG1889, 18whoG3588 is one of your own, a bond-servantG1401 of ChristG5547 JesusG2424, sendsG782 you his greetingsG782, alwaysG3842 19strivingG75 earnestlyG75 for you in his prayersG4335, that you may 20standG2476 2122matureG5046 and 23fullyG4135 assuredG4135 in allG3956 the willG2307 of GodG2316. 13For I testifyG3140 for him that he hasG2192 24a deepG4183 concernG4192 for you and for thoseG3588 who are in 25LaodiceaG2993 and HierapolisG2404. 1426LukeG3065, the belovedG27 physicianG2395, sendsG782 you his greetingsG782, and 27DemasG1214 does also. 15GreetG782 the brothersG80 and sisters who are in 28LaodiceaG2993 and also 29NymphaG3564 and 30the churchG1577 that is in 31her houseG3624. 1632WhenG3752 33thisG3588 letterG1992 is readG314 amongG3844 you, haveG4160 it alsoG2532 readG314 in the churchG1577 of the LaodiceansG2994; and you, for your part, 34readG314 35my letter that is coming from 36LaodiceaG2993. 17TellG3004 37ArchippusG751, “SeeG991 to the 38ministryG1248 whichG3739 you have receivedG3880 in the LordG2962, soG2443 thatG2443 you may 39fulfillG4137 it.”

1840I, PaulG3972, 41write thisG3588 greetingG783 with my ownG1699 handG5495. 42RememberG3421 my 4344imprisonmentG1199. 45GraceG5485 be with you.

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Notes

  1. 1. Colossians 4:7 Col 4:7-9: Eph 6:21, 22 ↩
  2. 2. Colossians 4:7 Acts 20:4; 2 Tim 4:12 ↩
  3. 3. Colossians 4:7 Eph 6:21; Col 1:7 ↩
  4. 4. Colossians 4:8 Eph 6:22 ↩
  5. 5. Colossians 4:8 Col 2:2 ↩
  6. 6. Colossians 4:9 Lit along with Onesimus ↩
  7. 7. Colossians 4:9 Philem 10 ↩
  8. 8. Colossians 4:9 Col 1:7 ↩
  9. 9. Colossians 4:9 Col 4:12 ↩
  10. 10. Colossians 4:10 Acts 19:29; 27:2; Philem 24 ↩
  11. 11. Colossians 4:10 Rom 16:7 ↩
  12. 12. Colossians 4:10 Acts 4:36; 12:12, 25; 15:37, 39 ↩
  13. 13. Colossians 4:10 Or orders ↩
  14. 14. Colossians 4:10 2 Tim 4:11 ↩
  15. 15. Colossians 4:11 Rom 16:3 ↩
  16. 16. Colossians 4:11 Acts 11:2 ↩
  17. 17. Colossians 4:12 Col 1:7; Philem 23 ↩
  18. 18. Colossians 4:12 Col 4:9 ↩
  19. 19. Colossians 4:12 Rom 15:30 ↩
  20. 20. Colossians 4:12 Or stand firm ↩
  21. 21. Colossians 4:12 Or fully developed ↩
  22. 22. Colossians 4:12 Col 1:28 ↩
  23. 23. Colossians 4:12 Or made complete ↩
  24. 24. Colossians 4:13 Or much toil; or great pain ↩
  25. 25. Colossians 4:13 Col 2:1; 4:15f ↩
  26. 26. Colossians 4:14 2 Tim 4:11; Philem 24 ↩
  27. 27. Colossians 4:14 2 Tim 4:10; Philem 24 ↩
  28. 28. Colossians 4:15 Col 2:1; 4:13, 16 ↩
  29. 29. Colossians 4:15 Or Nymphas (masc) ↩
  30. 30. Colossians 4:15 Rom 16:5 ↩
  31. 31. Colossians 4:15 One early ms their ↩
  32. 32. Colossians 4:16 1 Thess 5:27; 2 Thess 3:14 ↩
  33. 33. Colossians 4:16 Lit the ↩
  34. 34. Colossians 4:16 1 Thess 5:27; 2 Thess 3:14 ↩
  35. 35. Colossians 4:16 Lit the ↩
  36. 36. Colossians 4:16 Col 2:1; 4:13, 15 ↩
  37. 37. Colossians 4:17 Philem 2 ↩
  38. 38. Colossians 4:17 2 Tim 4:5 ↩
  39. 39. Colossians 4:17 Or continually fulfill ↩
  40. 40. Colossians 4:18 Lit The greeting by my hand of Paul ↩
  41. 41. Colossians 4:18 1 Cor 16:21 ↩
  42. 42. Colossians 4:18 Heb 13:3 ↩
  43. 43. Colossians 4:18 Lit bonds ↩
  44. 44. Colossians 4:18 Phil 1:7; Col 4:3 ↩
  45. 45. Colossians 4:18 1 Tim 6:21; 2 Tim 4:22; Titus 3:15; Heb 13:25 ↩

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