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Colossians 4:8 KJV
Colossians · chapter 4 · verse 8
Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;Colossians 4:8 · King James Version
Colossians 4:8 in context
6Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
7All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:
8Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;
9With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.
10Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister’s son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- purposetoutothat , thisG5124 →
- comfortparakaleōto call to one's side, call for, summon, to address, speak to, , which may be done in the…G3870 →
- estateperiabout, concerning, on account of, because of, around, nearG4012 →
- sentpempōto send, to bid a thing to be carried to one, to send a thing into anotherG3992 →
- knowginōskōto learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel, to become known, to…G1097 →
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In the close of this epistle the apostle does several of his friends the honour to leave their names upon record, with some testimony of his respect, which will be spoken of wherever the gospel comes, and last to the end of the world. I. Concerning Tychicus, Col 4:7. By him this epistle was sent;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-18