Philemon 1:23
Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings,
BSB
ASV
Epaphras, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus, saluteth thee;
KJV
There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;
There salute thee Epaphras - The same persons who are here mentioned as greeting Philemon, are mentioned in the close of the Epistle to the Colossians - furnishing a high degree of evidence that Philemon resided at Colosse. Epaphras was a member of the church there; the notes at Col 4:12. My fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus - In the cause of Christ; Notes, Phm 1:1. The circumstance of his being a prisoner is not mentioned in the parallel place in the Epistle to the Colossians, but nothing is more probable.
Our dear fellow-servant (said St. Paul), and for you a faithful minister of Christ ( Col. i. 12, 13 ), A servant of Christ, always labouring for you in prayers.
However, he is not mentioned as a prisoner in Col 4:12, so that "fellow prisoner" here may mean merely one who was a faithful companion to Paul in his imprisonment, and by his society put himself in the position of a prisoner.
The walk8
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.
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Colossians 1:7You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
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Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the…
For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement…
Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a beloved brother, a faithful minister, and a fellow servant in the Lord.
Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.
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Colossians 4:12Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the…
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Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.
For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and…
We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
