Colossians 1:7
as ye learned of Epaphra oure deare felowe servaunt which is for you a faythfull minister of Christ
Tyndale 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
8which also declared vnto vs youre love which ye have in the sprete.
Cross References
Matthew 24:45If there be any faithfull servaut and wyse whome his master hath made ruler over his housholde to geve the meate in season convenient:
1 Corinthians 4:2Furthermore it is requyred of the disposers that they be founde faithfull.
1 Corinthians 7:25As concernynge virgins I have no commaundment of the lorde: yet geve I counsell as one that hath obtayned mercye of the lorde to be faythfull.
Ephesians 5:21submittinge youre selves one to another in the feare of God.
Philippians 2:25I supposed it necessary to sende brother Epaphroditus vnto you my companion in laboure and felowe soudier youre Apostel and my minister at my nedes.
Colossians 4:12Epaphras the servaut of Christ which is one of you saluteth you and all wayes laboreth fervently for you in prayers that ye maye stonde perfect and full in all that is 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 →