Ephesians 6:22

I have sent Lit., "I did send." The aorist is "epistolary"; it speaks from the time of the arrival, not the sending, of the messenger. Cp. 2 Corinthians 8:18; 2 Corinthians 8:22; Philippians 2:28; Colossians 4:8 (where see Lightfoot's note); Philemon 1:12, &c.

our affairs The circumstances of St Paul and his fellow Christians at Rome. There are passages (see esp. 1 Thessalonians 3:1-2) where he obviously uses "we" in the sense of "I"; but this is not likely here, in view of the "how Ido," just before (Ephesians 6:22).

comfort The word is rendered "beseech," Ephesians 4:1, above, where see note. By derivation and usage it has more in it of exhortationthan consolation;though the two ideas run often into one another. "Comfort" by derivation (confortatio) means rightly, "strengthening." If this is borne in mind, the A.V. gives a true interpretation.

your hearts See, for collocation of the words "heart" and "comfort," Colossians 2:2; Col 4:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:17.