I have sent
(επεμψα). Epistolary aorist active indicative of πεμπω as in Ephesians 6:22.That ye may know
(ινα γνωτε). Second aorist (ingressive) active subjunctive of γινωσκω, "that ye may come to know." This the correct text, not γνω (third singular).Our estate
(τα περ ημων). "The things concerning us."May comfort
(παρακαλεση). First aorist active subjunctive. Proper rendering here and not "may exhort."
COLOSSIANS 4:8 gnw/te ta. peri. h`mw/n {B} The reading i[na gnw/te ta. peri. h`mw/n (“that you may know how we are”), which is adequately supported by good representatives of the Alexandrian, Western...
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 ιν...
ALL MY STATE SHALL TYCHICUS DECLARE UNTO YOU - See these verses explained in the notes at Ephesians 6:21....
CHAPTER 4 __ 1. Prayer and ministry (Colossians 4:2) 2. Walking in wisdom (Colossians 4:5) 3. The fellowship of the saints in their service (Colossians 4:7) 4. The conclusion ...
COMMENDATIONS AND SALUTATIONS. Colossians 4:7. Tychicus: _cf._ Acts 20:4; Ephesians 6:21; Titus 3:12;...
Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant and my fellow-slave in Christ, will inform you all about how things are going with me. I send him to you for this very purpose, that you may know abo...
THE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THE CHRISTIAN (Colossians 3:18-25 ; Colossians 4:1) _ 4:1 Wives, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not treat th...
HAVE, Omit. SENT. Greek _pempo._ App-174. UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. FOR. Greek. _eis_. App-104. THAT... YOUR. The texts read "that ye may know our". THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina._...
_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 perfec...
8. ἽΝΑ ΓΝΩ͂ΤΕ ΤᾺ ΠΕΡῚ ἩΜΩ͂Ν. So (א*) ABD*FGRGP. ἵνα γνῷ τὰ περὶ ὑμῶν Text. Rec. with אcCDbcKL vulg. Syrr. The external evidence leaves no doubt that the former is right. 8. = || Ephesians 6:22 word f...
7–17. _Personal matters and final words_ Colossians 4:7-9. _The messengers commended to them_. (Colossians 4:7) I said “pray for us,” “I am lying bound,” but you will want to know all about me. This...
ΈΠΕΜΨΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΈΜΠΩ (G3992) посылать, ΓΝΏΤΕ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097) знать. _Conj._ с ΊΝ (G2443) выражает цель, ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΈΣΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΈΩ (G3870) побуждать,...
OUTLINE OF 4:7-18 F. Conclusion (Personal notes); Colossians 4:7-18 1. Notes about Tychichus and Onesimus; Colossians 4:7-9 a. Tychicus will make known my affairs; Colossians 4:7
Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts; THAT HE MIGHT [MAY: gnoo (G1097 )] KNOW YOUR ESTATE - answering to Colossians 4:7. So C and...
_CORRECTION-DEPORTMENT_ 17 We should always distinguish between our place "in _ Christ_ " and "in the Lord". "In _ Christ_ " physical distinctions vanish, even the distinction between the sexes is go...
EXHORTATION AND GREETING 2-6. Exhortation to prayer and wisdom in dealing with heathen....
I HAVE SENT] i.e. I am (now) sending. HE MIGHT KNOW YOUR ESTATE] RV 'that ye may know our estate.'...
CHRIST HAS EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED THE COLOSSIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ A word list is at the end. It explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 4 V1 Masters, give what is good and fair to your sla...
These verses present an almost exact verbal coincidence with Ephesians 6:21, on which see Notes. In the verses, however, which follow, the particularity and detail of this Epistle stand in marked cont...
[7. Conclusion of the Epistle. (1) FINAL EXHORTATION to prayer (especially for St. Paul himself), and to wisdom towards those without, both in deed and in word (Colossians 4:2). (2) COMMENDATION...
CHAPTER 4 TYCHICUS AND ONESIMUS, THE LETTER BEARERS Colossians 4:7 (R.V.) In Paul's days it was perhaps more difficult to get letters delivered than to write them. It was a long, weary journey from...
Colossians 4:7-8 parallel to Ephesians 6:21-22....
COMMENDATION OF THE BEARERS OF THE LETTER, WITH SALUTATIONS FROM HIS FELLOW-WORKERS AND HIMSELF....
ἔπεμψα : “I am sending” (epistolary aorist). γνῶτε τὰ περὶ ἡμῶν. This is not only the better attested reading but yields the better sense, because both before (Colossians 4:7) and after (Colossians 4:...
PRAYER AND DAILY LIVING Colossians 4:2 We must pray more. Our lives cannot maintain the Godward attitude without prolonged seasons of communication with Him through the Word. This is so important tha...
The true purpose of life for the saints and faithful in Christ is to the maintenance of a twofold relationship- toward God, and toward those who are without. The first is covered by prayer as it inclu...
Closing Greetings Tychicus was one of those who accompanied the gift bound for the needy saints in Jerusalem (Acts 20:4). Paul apparently sent this letter by him to Colossae. He also sent him to Ephes...
(7) All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord: (8) Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might kn...
The most cursory reader discerns at once that the epistle to the Colossians is the counterpart of that to the Ephesians. They are in nowise the same, but may be viewed each as a supplement to the othe...
It will be observed how the apostle consequently introduces Christ into them, and especially in regard to those who are subject in them, wives and children; in order to sanctify, by so exalted a motiv...
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...
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 _"_...
_All my state_ The things which relate to myself; _shall Tychicus declare unto you_ See on Ephesians 6:21. _With Onesimus, who is one of you_ Or, rather, _who is from you_, as εξ υμων seems to mean; o...
WHOM I HAVE SENT UNTO YOU; Tychicus was evidently the bearer of the present epistle, as well as of that to the Ephesians. Ephesians 6:21....
WHOM I HAVE SENT UNTO YOU FOR THE SAME PURPOSE, THAT HE MIGHT KNOW YOUR ESTATE AND COMFORT YOUR HEARTS;...
PERSONAL MATTERS, GREETINGS, AND CONCLUDING SALUTATION. The apostle gives a commendation to the bearers of the letter:...
There is no reason for a chapter division at this point, for the responsibility of masters is closely linked with that of servants, which we have seen would include the relationship between employers...
Personal Greetings - 4:7-18 (I did not try to add Luscombe's paraphrase to these verses.) 7TYCHICUS, A BELOVED BROTHER, FAITHFUL MINISTER, AND FELLOW SERVANT IN THE LORD, WILL TELL YOU ALL THE NEWS...
WHOM. HAVE SENT YOU FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE, THAT YE MAY KNOW OUR STATE, AND THAT HE MAY COMFORT YOUR HEARTS; 'THAT YE MAY KNOW OUR STATE' -'all my affairs' (Colossians 4:7). 'learn our circumstances'...
7-9 Ministers are servants to Christ, and fellow-servants to one another. They have one Lord, though they have different stations and powers for service. It is a great comfort under the troubles and...
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 und...
Colossians 4:8 sending G3992 (G5656) him G3739 to G4314 you G5209 for G1519 very G846 purpose G5124 that...
FINAL SALUTATIONS (COLOSSIANS 4:7). ‘All my affairs will Tychicus make known to you, the beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord, whom I have sent to you for this very pur...
This division of the Epistle is brief. It may be divided into three paragraphs: (1.) Personal intelligence (Colossians 4:7-9). (2.) Greetings _from_ Paul's companions (Colossians 4:10-14), and _to_ t...
Colossians 4:8. WHOM I SENT, etc. See Ephesians 6:22, which is verbally identical, if we accept here the reading of the earliest authorities: THAT YE MAY KNOW THE THINGS RESPECTING US. The received re...
CONTENTS: Consistent Christian living and fellowship of believers. CHARACTERS: God, Paul, Christ, Tychicus, Onesimus, Aristarchus, Marcus, Barnabas, Justus, Epaphras, Luke, Demas, Archippus. CONCLUSI...
Colossians 4:1. _Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal._ Paul doubles the precept here, reminding them that one is their master, who is Lord of heaven and earth. He well knew tha...
THAT IS WHY I AM SENDING HIM TO YOU. Tychicus was to deliver the letters to the churches and also to work to strengthen them. He was an "evangelist" (see note on Ephesians 4:11)....
_All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you._ CHRISTIAN COMMENDATIONS AND SALUTATIONS “What is in a name!” Nothing, is the ordinary reply, but there may be much. The names of Solomon, Alexander, Na...
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 4:7 Personal Greetings and Instructions. After praising the “letter carriers,” Paul sends greetings from the ministry associates who are with him during his imprisonment....
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Colossians 4:11. A COMFORT TO ME.—The word for “comfort” is only found in this place in the New Testament. It is a medical term, and points to relief given in sufferi...
EXPOSITION COLOSSIANS 4:1 (See Colossians 3:1.) COLOSSIANS 4:2 SECTION IX. PRAYER AND
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal [pay them a decent salary]; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving (Col...
1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Thessalonians 2:11; 1 Thessalonians 3:2; 1 Thessalonians 3:5;...
I have sent. Epistolary aorist. Tychicus carried the letter. He might know your estate [γ ν ω τ α π ε ρ ι υ μ ω ν]. The correct reading is gnwte ta peri hJmwn ye might know the things about us, or ou...