Colossians 1:7
as you learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ for you,
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
In Context
8and who also made known to us your love in spirit.
Cross References
Matthew 24:45Who then is that faithful and wise servant, whom his master has made ruler over his household servants, to give them their food in due time?
1 Corinthians 4:2Now it is required in stewards, that each one be found faithful.
1 Corinthians 7:25But with respect to virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment as one that is enabled, by the mercy of the Lord, to be faithful.
Ephesians 5:21being subject one to another in the fear of God.
Philippians 2:25Yet I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother and companion in labor and fellow-soldier, but your apostle, who also ministered to my want,
Colossians 4:12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you; he always strives earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
Matthew Henry on Colossians 1:4-9
Paul's Thanksgiving for the Colossians. ( a. d. 62.) 3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints, 5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; 6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in… Read the whole commentary →