Colossians 1:7
As ye also learned from Epaphras our dear fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
Webster Bible
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
8Who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
Cross References
Matthew 24:45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his Lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?
1 Corinthians 4:2Moreover, it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful.
1 Corinthians 7:25Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment as one that hath obtained mercy from the Lord to be faithful.
Ephesians 5:21Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Philippians 2:25Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labor, and fellow-soldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
Colossians 4:12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that ye 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 →