Colossians 4:8

I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,

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WEBBE

I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,

BSB

I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about us, and that he may encourage your hearts.

KJV

Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;

ASV

whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that ye may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts;

BBE

And I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may have news of how we are, and so that he may give your hearts comfort;

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ὃν hon whom G3739 ἔπεμψα epempsa I sent G3992 πρὸς pros to G4314 ὑμᾶς humas you G4771 εἰς eis for G1519 αὐτὸ auto this very G846 τοῦτο touto purpose G3778 ἵνα ina that G2443 γνῶτε gnōte you may know G1097 τὰ ta the [things] G3588 περὶ peri concerning G4012 ἡμῶν hēmōn us G3165 καὶ kai and G2532 παρακαλέσῃ parakalesē he may encourage G3870 τὰς tas the G3588 καρδίας kardias hearts G2588 ὑμῶν humōn of you G4771

The early church

Here he shows his great love, seeing that for this purpose he sent him, and this was the cause of his journey; and so when writing to the Thessalonians, he said, "Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone, and sent Timothy our brother." (1 Thess. iii. 1, 2.) And to the Ephesians he sends this very same person, and for the very same cause, "That he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts." (Eph. vi. 21, 22.) See what he saith, not "that ye might know my estate," but "that I might know yours." So in no place doth he mention what is his own. He shows that they were in trials too, by the expression, "comfort your hearts."
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Colossians

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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 difficulties of life, to have fellow Christians caring for us. Circumstances of life make no difference in the spiritual relation among sincere Christians; they partake of the same privileges, and are entitled to the same regards. What amazing changes Divine grace makes! Faithless servants become faithful and beloved brethren, and some who had done wrong, become fellow-workers of good.

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