Colossians 4:8
And for this very purpose I send him to you that you may know how we are faring; and that he may cheer your hearts.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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2 Corinthians 1:4He comforts us in our every affliction so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction by means of the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
2 Corinthians 12:18I begged Titus to visit you, and sent our other brother with him. Did Titus gain any selfish advantage over you? Were not he and I guided by one and the same Spirit, and did we not walk in the same steps?
Philippians 2:28I am therefore all the more eager to send him, in the hope that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have the less sorrow.
1 Thessalonians 2:11For you know that we acted towards every one of you as a father does towards his own children, encouraging and cheering you,
1 Thessalonians 3:5For this reason I also, when I could no longer endure the uncertainty, sent to know the condition of your faith, lest perchance the Tempter might have tempted you and our labour have been lost.
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 →