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

To ensure this, I am sending you Timotheus, my beloved and trustworthy son in the Lord; he will remind you of those methods in Christ Jesus which I teach everywhere in every church.

I asked Titus to go, and with him I sent our brother. Titus did not make anything out of you, did he? And did not I act in the same spirit as he did? Did I not take the very same steps?

that is why I am sending him to you, to let you know how I am and to encourage your hearts.

So I am specially eager to send him, that you may be glad when you see him again, and thus my own anxiety may be lightened.

Well then, unable to bear it any longer, I sent to find out about your faith, in case the Tempter had tempted you and our labour had been thrown away.

And comfort

May their hearts be encouraged! May they learn the meaning of love! May they have all the wealth of conviction that comes from insight! May they learn to know that open secret of God, the Father of Christ,

who comforts me in all my distress, so that I am able to comfort people who are in any distress by the comfort with which I myself am comforted by God.

so that instead of censuring you should now forgive him and comfort him, in case the man is overwhelmed by excessive remorse.

how (as you know) we treated each of you as a father treats his children, beseeching you, encouraging you, and charging you

I sent Timotheus our brother, a minister of God in the gospel of Christ, for your strengthening and encouragement in the faith,

Now then, encourage one another with these words.

Encourage one another, therefore, and let each edify the other ??as indeed you are doing.

graciously encourage your hearts and strengthen them for all good in deed and word.

General references

that is why I am sending him to you, to let you know how I am and to encourage your hearts.