Colossians 4:8
Whom I have sent unto you, to this very end,—that ye may get to know the things which concern us, and he may encourage you hearts:
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Isaiah 61:2To proclaim—The year of acceptance of Yahweh, and The day of avenging of our God: To comfort all who are mourning;
2 Corinthians 1:4Who encourageth us in all our tribulation, to the end we may be able to encourage them who are in any tribulation—through means of the encouragement wherewith we, ourselves, are encouraged by God.
2 Corinthians 12:18I exhorted Titus, and sent with him the brother,—Did, Titus, overreach you? Was it not, in the same spirit, we walked? Was it not, in the same steps?
Philippians 2:28The more promptly, therefore, have I sent him, that, seeing him again, ye may rejoice, and, I, the less sorrowful, may be.
1 Thessalonians 2:11Even as ye know how, unto each one of you, we were as a father unto his own children, consoling you, and soothing, and calling to witness,—
1 Thessalonians 3:5For this cause, I also, no longer concealing my anxiety, sent, that I might get to know your faith, lest by any means he that tempteth, should have tempted you, and, in vain, should have been our toil.
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 →