Ephesians 6:21 BSB — MannaFest

Ephesians 6:21

Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you everything, so that you also may know about me and what I am doing.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But that ye also may know my affairs, how I do, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:

KJV

But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Ephesians 6:21-22 (420)

This might be understood in two ways: Either Tychicus was sent to Ephesus to announce to them that Paul's chains had become famous in the whole praetorium and his imprisonment had been profitable to the faith of the gospel … or Tychicus was sent to tell them more about Paul's life and daily work, of which they were not aware, so as to give them a clearer pattern of how to live.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He was a sincere Christian, and so a brother in Christ: he was a faithful minister in the work of Christ, and he was very dear to Paul, which makes Paul's love to these Christian Ephesians the more observable, in that he should now part with so good and dear a friend for their sakes, when his company and conversation must have been peculiarly delightful and serviceable to himself.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

But that ye also may know my affairs - May understand my condition, my feelings, and in what I am engaged. To them it could not but be a subject of deep interest. And how I do - Greek, “What I do; that is how I am employed. Tychicus - Tychicus was of the province of Asia, in Asia Minor, of which Ephesus was the capital; see Act 20:4. It is not improbable that he was of Ephesus, and that he was well known to the church there.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Tychicus--an Asiatic, and so a fit messenger bearing the respective Epistles to Ephesus and Colosse (Ac 20:4; 2Ti 4:12). a beloved brother--Greek, "the beloved brother"; the same epithet as in Col 4:7. minister--that is, servant. in the Lord--in the Lord's work.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἵνα	Hina	That	G2443 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
εἰδῆτε	eidēte	may know
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ὑμεῖς	humeis	you yourselves	G4771 →
τὰ	ta	the [things]	G3588 →
κατ᾽	kat᾽	concerning	G2596 →
ἐμέ,	eme	me myself,	G1473 →
τί	ti	what	G5101 →
πράσσω,	prassō	I am doing,	G4238 →
πάντα	panta	all things	G3956 →
γνωρίσει	gnōrisei	will make known	G1107 →
ὑμῖν	humin	to you	G4771 →
Τύχικος	Tuchikos	Tychicus	G5190 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἀγαπητὸς	agapētos	beloved	G27 →
ἀδελφὸς	adelphos	brother	G80 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πιστὸς	pistos	faithful	G4103 →
διάκονος	diakonos	servant	G1249 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
κυρίῳ,	kuriō	[the] Lord,	G2962 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Peter 3:15
Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.
leads to
- Romans 2:4
  Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
- 1 Timothy 1:16
  But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him…
- 2 Peter 3:9
  The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
Through
Acts 20:4
Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.
leads to
- 2 Timothy 4:12
  Tychicus, however, I have sent to Ephesus.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Titus 3:12
  As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to winter there.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Colossians 4:7
  Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a beloved brother, a faithful minister, and a fellow servant in the Lord.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Acts 19:29
  Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.
Through
2 Timothy 4:12
Tychicus, however, I have sent to Ephesus.
leads to
- Acts 20:4
  Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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