as you learned it from Epaphras our dearly-loved fellow servant. He is to you a faithful minister of Christ in our stead,

Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, sends greetings to you, always wrestling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand firm--Christians of ripe character and of clear conviction as to everything which is God's will.

Greetings to you, my brother, from Epaphras my fellow prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus;