I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,
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I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,
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whom I have sent vnto you for the same purpose that he myght knowe how ye do and myght comfort youre hertes
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Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose that he might know your state, and might comfort your hearts,
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Passages linked to Colossians 4:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ephesians 6:22 I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know our state and that he may comfort your hearts.
- Colossians 2:2 that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,
- Isaiah 40:1 “Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.
- Isaiah 61:2-3 to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
- 1 Corinthians 4:17 Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.
- 2 Corinthians 1:4 who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
- 2 Corinthians 2:7 so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
- 2 Corinthians 12:18 I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Didn’t we walk in the same spirit? Didn’t we walk in the same steps?
- Philippians 2:28 I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:11 As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,
- 1 Thessalonians 3:2 and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s servant in the Good News of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith,
- 1 Thessalonians 3:5 For this cause I also, when I couldn’t stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:14 We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:17 comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 8 Whom I have sent unto you for the…
8 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;
Ver. 8. And comfort your hearts] {See Trapp on "Eph 6:22"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Whom I have sent unto you for the same…
Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose; who was Paul’s messenger to them, as to let them know how it was with Paul, so to this end:
1. That he might know your estate; that he might clearly understand, how their matters stood, {as Eph 6:22} especially with respect to spirituals, Col 2:1,5.
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2. And comfort your hearts; and cheer up their spirits, {as Eph 6:22} that under the temptations of Satan, and tyranny of persecutors abroad or at home, they might not be discouraged, 2Co 4:17.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Whom I have sent unto you for the same…
Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose,.... That is, to relate to them his affairs both temporal and spiritual; and also,
that he might know your estate. The Arabic version renders it, "that I may know your estate" by him when he returned again; as whether they continued steadfast in the Gospel, and observed the order, ordinances, and discipline of it; how it prospered, and was succeeded among them, to their comfort and edification, and to the conversion of others; and what reception the false teachers had among them; and what love, concord, and harmony were among themselves; or what were their afflictions and distresses from their enemies. The Ethiopic version renders it, "that ye may know the history of me"; which agrees with a manuscript mentioned by Grotius, which reads, "that ye may know the things concerning us", as does the Alexandrian copy; and with Eph 6:22 where it is added, as here, and "comfort your hearts"; who might be greatly cast down upon hearing of the sufferings of the apostle, and also with those they themselves endured both from within and from without, from sin, Satan, and the world;
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see on Gill Eph 6:22.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 8. That he might know your estate] Instead…
Verse 8. That he might know your estate] Instead of ινα γνω τα περι υμων, that HE may know YOUR affairs, ABD*FG, many others, with the AEthiopic, Itala, Theodoret, and Damascenus, read ινα γνωτε τα περι ημων, that YE may know OUR affairs; which is probably the true reading. Tychicus was sent to them, not to know their affairs, but with Onesimus, to carry this epistle and make the apostle's state known to them, and comfort their hearts by the good news which he brought. The next verse confirms this meaning.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain for the same purpose--Greek, "for this very purpose."
for the same purpose--Greek, "for this very purpose."
that he might know your estate--Translate, "that he may know your state": answering to Col 4:7. So one very old manuscript and Vulgate read. But the oldest manuscripts and the old Latin versions, "that YE may know OUR state." However, the latter reading seems likely to have crept in from Eph 6:22. Paul was the more anxious to know the state of the Colossians, on account of the seductions to which they were exposed from false teachers; owing to which he had "great conflict for" them (Col 2:1).
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comfort your hearts--distressed as ye are by my imprisonment, as well as by your own trials.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 8. The same purpose—Better, this very purpose, applying to…
8. The same purpose—Better, this very purpose, applying to what follows, especially if we retain the next clause. Whether we should read as in the text, or, that ye might know our affairs, as in Eph_6:22, is as yet doubtful. Tregelles adopts the latter, which certainly best agrees with the following verse.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. I have sent] Greek, “I sent.” But the…
8. I have sent] Greek, “I sent.” But the English is true to our idiom. He means that the letter and Tychicus are sent together; the aorist, the “epistolary past” of Greek, must be rendered as a perfect in English to convey this thought. So Eph_6:22, where see our note.
for the same purpose] For this very purpose, R.V. Word for word as in Eph_6:22. The “purpose” is that just stated (Col_4:8), and now more fully explained.
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that he might know] That ye might know, R.V. This is the more probable reading, though the text has considerable support, particularly in early Versions. Lightfoot urges for the change (besides manuscripts) that it is unlikely that St Paul should so emphasize (“for this very purpose”) Tychicus’ mission of information, and then suddenly give as its first object a work of enquiry. Further, that transcribers were more likely to assimilate the person and number of the verb to the “he might comfort” just below, than elaborately to assimilate a “he might know” here to the “ye might know” in Ephesians.
comfort] See on Col_2:2.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Whom I have sent unto you for this very…
Whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that ye may know how it is with us (literally, the things about us), and that he may comfort your hearts. (Eph_6:22) The Received Text reads, by a slight confusion of similar Greek letters, that he may know the things about you (see Lightfoot"s "Notes on some Various Readings"). This is the only clause exactly identical in Colossians and Ephesians. There would be great anxiety on St. Paul"s account amongst the Gentile Christians everywhere, and especially in the Asiatic Churches, after the ominous words of his address to the Ephesian elders. (Act_20:22-25; comp. vers. 37, 38) The Colossians had sent through Epaphras messages of love to him. (Col_1:8) To know that he was of good courage, and even in hope of a speedy release, (Phm_1:22) would "comfort their hearts."
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 8. Whom I have sent. Not only to carry…
8. Whom I have sent. Not only to carry letters, but to ascertain the state of the churches, and to instruct and comfort them. He came as an evangelist to help them on.
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