Colossians 4:8
I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your condition, and comfort your hearts;
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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2 Corinthians 1:4who con soles us in all our afflictions, so that we are able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
2 Corinthians 12:18I exhorted Titus, and with him sent the brother. Did Titus overreach you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same steps?
Philippians 2:28I sent him, therefore, the sooner, that, by seeing him again, you might rejoice, and that I might be the less sorrowful.
1 Thessalonians 2:11as indeed you know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father his children,
1 Thessalonians 3:5For this reason, when I could no longer contain myself, I sent to know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.
Matthew Henry on Colossians 4:8-18
Various Salutations. ( a. d. 62.) 7 All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord: 8 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts; 9 With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here. 10 Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received… Read the whole commentary →