Colossians 4:8
whom I have sent to you for this purpose also that he may know your affairs, and comfort your hearts;
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2 Corinthians 1:4that we may be able to comfort those, that are in any trouble, by the consolation wherewith we ourselves are comforted by God.
2 Corinthians 12:18I desired Titus to come to you, and with him I sent a brother: did Titus make a gain of you? did we not walk in the same spirit? did we not tread in the same steps?
Philippians 2:28I have sent him therefore the more desirously, that when ye see him again ye may rejoice, and I may be the less sorrowful.
1 Thessalonians 2:11as ye know likewise, how we exhorted and comforted every one of you, as a father his children;
1 Thessalonians 3:5For this cause being able to wait no longer, I sent to know the state of your faith, least the tempter should have tempted you, and our labor have been 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 →