Colossians 1:7

WEB

⁷even as you learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your ^[+] behalf,

KJV

⁷As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

BSB

⁷You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our ^[+] behalf,

FBV

⁷Our dear friend and fellow-worker Epaphras, who is a trustworthy minister of Christ on our behalf, taught you about this.

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Extra References

Colossians 4:12

¹²Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

Philemon 1:23

²³Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,

Colossians 4:7

⁷All my affairs will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved brother, faithful servant, and fellow bondservant in the Lord.

¹⁷Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 3:2

²who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also Moses was in all his house.

Philippians 2:25

²⁵But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need,

2 Timothy 2:2

²The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same things to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

1 Corinthians 4:2

²Here, moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

2 Corinthians 11:23

²³Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself.) I am more so: in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, and in deaths often.

1 Timothy 4:6

⁶If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine which you have followed.