Colossians 4:8

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Summary

Colossians 4:8

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

I have

1 Thessalonians 3:5

And comfort

General references

Ephesians 6:22

Bible References

I have

That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ,as I teach them everywhere in every church.

I urged Titus to go, and sent the brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not act in the same spirit? Did we not take the same steps?

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

I am the more eager to send him, therefore, that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious.

For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor would be in vain.

And comfort

that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ,

Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.

to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;

who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

For you know how, like a father with his children,

and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith,

Therefore encourage one another with these words.

Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.

General references

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