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Colossians Chapter 4 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV Colossians 4:8

whom I have sent you for this very purpose, that ye may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts;
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BBE Colossians 4:8

And I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may have news of how we are, and so that he may give your hearts comfort;
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DARBY Colossians 4:8

whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that he might know your state, and that he might encourage your hearts:
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KJV Colossians 4:8

Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;
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WBT Colossians 4:8


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WEB Colossians 4:8

I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,
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YLT Colossians 4:8

whom I did send unto you for this very thing, that he might know the things concerning you, and might comfort your hearts,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - Whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that ye may know how it is with us (literally, the things about us), and that he may comfort your hearts (Ephesians 6:22). The Received Text reads, by a slight confusion of similar Greek letters, that he may know the things about you (see Lightfoot's 'Notes on some Various Readings'). This is the only clause exactly identical in Colossians and Ephesians. There would be great anxiety on St. Paul's account amongst the Gentile Christians everywhere, and especially in the Asiatic Churches, after the ominous words of his address to the Ephesian elders (Acts 20:22-25: comp. vers. 37, 38). The Colossians had sent through Epaphras messages of love to him (Colossians 1:8). To know that he was of good courage, and even in hope of a speedy release (Philemon 1:22), would "comfort their hearts."

Ellicott's Commentary