Colossians 4:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

Epaphras

Colossians 1:7

Philemon 1:23

A servant

Always

James 5:16

Complete

Romans 15:14

Bible References

Epaphras

as you learned it from Epaphras, our dearly loved fellow-slave. As a faithful minister of Christ for me

Epaphras, my fellow-prisoner in the cause of Christ Jesus, wishes to be remembered to you.

A servant

If anyone serves me, he must continue to follow me, and my servant also must go wherever I go. If anyone serves me, my Father will show him honor.

Am I now trying to win men's favor, or God's? Or, am I trying to be pleasing to men? If I were still trying to be pleasing to men, I would not be a slave of Christ at all.

James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends greetings to the twelve tribes that are scattered over the world.

Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ have obtained the same precious faith that we have:

Always

You must persevere in prayer and by this means stay wide awake when you give thanks.

Omitted Text.

O my dear children, I am suffering a mother's birth pangs for you again, until Christ is formed in you.

For during His human life He offered up prayers and entreaties, crying aloud with tears to Him who was always able to save Him out of death, and because of His beautiful spirit of worship His prayer was heard.

So practice confessing your sins to one another, and praying for one another, that you may be cured. An upright man's prayer, when it keeps at work, is very powerful.

Complete

As far as I am concerned about you, my brothers, I am convinced that you especially are abounding in the highest goodness, richly supplied with perfect knowledge and competent to counsel one another.