...only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have heen a comfort unto me. 612 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always lahouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye m»y aaad perfect and complete in all Ut will of God....

...that ve agonize together with me. So Colos. iv. 12. " Always labouring fervently for von in prayer, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God :" in the original «x"vf«>v, agonizing for yon. So that when it is said in the text that Christ was...

...must be persevering. Still more pointed is the expression of St. Paul to the Colossians ; Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always striving [or rerestling'] for you in prayer. Yet this importunity, this fervency, this striving, are...

...man in all wisdom : that we may present every man j perfect in Christ Jesus. Coloss. i. 28. Epaphras, who is [one] of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth...stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. Coloss. iv. 12. Wherefore, when we could no longer forbear, we thought it j good to be left at Athens...

...Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ (4)." — " Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you,...stand perfect and complete in all the will of God (c)." These passages do not appear to prove that Epaphras originally converted the Colossians to the...

...men-pleascrs, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart. Ep. vu 6. Epaphras, eyard.] The Son of man is as a man taking a far journey,...be ye stedfast, utmnoveable, always abounding in th Col iv. 12. This is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication...

...these, he says, whom he mentions, who are his fellow-labourers unto the kingdom of God. 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you,...ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will ol God. 13 For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea,...

...; Epaphras, Luke, and Demas. Vers. 12. Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salute/ h you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers,...stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. Epaphras saluteth you.] Let us consider the person himself, and what things are attributed to this...

...and for them at Laodicea, and ftr at many as have not seen my face in the flrth Col. ii. 1. Epaphras, who is one of you. a servant of Christ, saluteth you,...always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye mar stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. Col iv. 12. So also Christ glorified not himself...

...best, who chiefly labours that he may bring very many to the knowledge and obedience of Christ. 3. Always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect, 8cc.] Lastly, he desires that Epaphras may be rendered acceptable to the Colossians from his remarkable...