Colossians 4:8
whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that he may know your condition, and comfort your hearts;
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Isaiah 61:2To proclaim the year of mercy from Jehovah, And the day of vengeance from our God; To comfort all that mourn;
2 Corinthians 1:4who comforteth us in all our distress, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any distress by the comfort wherewith we are ourselves comforted by God;
2 Corinthians 12:18I urged Titus to go to you, and with him I sent the brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same steps?
Philippians 2:28I send him therefore the more speedily, that when ye see him ye may again rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
1 Thessalonians 2:11as ye know how we exhorted, and encouraged, and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
1 Thessalonians 3:5For this cause, when I too could no longer forbear, I sent in order to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor should prove 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 →