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Heilögum Biblíunni

12 Einnig biður Epafras að heilsa yður, sem er einn úr yðar hópi. Hann er þjónn Krists Jesú og berst jafnan fyrir yður í bænum sínum, til þess að þér megið standa stöðugir, fullkomnir og fullvissir í öllu því, sem er vilji Guðs.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Epaphras: Colossians 1:7, Philemon 1:23

a servant: John 12:26, Galatians 1:10, James 1:1, 2 Peter 1:1

always: Colossians 4:2, Luke 22:44, Galatians 4:19, Hebrews 5:7, James 5:16

labouring: or, striving, Colossians 2:1-23

that: Colossians 4:1, Romans 15:30, see note on Colossians 1:9, Colossians 1:22, Colossians 1:28, Matthew 5:48, 1 Corinthians 2:6, 1 Corinthians 14:20,*Gr: 2 Corinthians 13:11, Philippians 3:12-15, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, Hebrews 5:14,*Gr: Hebrews 6:1, Jude 1:24

complete: or, filled, Romans 15:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 32:24 - wrestled Job 36:4 - perfect Matthew 7:21 - that Luke 10:2 - the labourers Luke 11:8 - because of Luke 18:1 - that Acts 6:4 - prayer Romans 6:22 - become Romans 12:2 - good Romans 12:11 - fervent Romans 12:12 - continuing Romans 16:12 - labour 1 Corinthians 7:22 - is Christ's 1 Corinthians 16:13 - stand 2 Corinthians 13:9 - even Ephesians 4:1 - walk Ephesians 6:6 - doing Ephesians 6:13 - to stand Philippians 3:15 - as Philippians 4:1 - so Colossians 1:29 - labour Colossians 4:7 - a beloved 1 Thessalonians 2:8 - affectionately 1 Thessalonians 3:2 - our brother 1 Thessalonians 3:10 - might perfect 1 Thessalonians 4:3 - this Hebrews 10:36 - after Hebrews 13:21 - Make James 1:4 - perfect and James 3:2 - a perfect 1 Peter 4:2 - the will 1 John 2:17 - but

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Epaphras, who is one of you,.... A native of Colosse, and one of their faithful ministers; see Colossians 1:7.

A servant of Christ; not merely in the same sense as every believer is, but as he was a preacher of the Gospel, in which he faithfully served his Lord and master, Christ:

saluteth you; sends his Christian respects to you, for whom he bore a sincere love and hearty affection, as appears by what follows:

always labouring fervently for you in prayers; in all his prayers, which were many and frequent, he never forgot his dear flock at Colosse, of which he was pastor, but strove with God for them, even to an agony, as the word signifies; he wrestled with the Lord as Jacob did, nor, as he, would he let him go without a blessing for this church; he was incessant, importunate, and fervent in prayer for them: and what he prayed in particular for them was,

that ye may stand perfect; in Christ Jesus their head, and in his spotless righteousness; see Colossians 1:28 and continue believing in him, and looking to him for righteousness and strength, in whom all the fulness, the perfection of grace dwells; and where the saints only are, and can continue to be perfect:

and complete in all the will of God; or "be filled" in it, have a perfect knowledge of the revealed will of God, both as to doctrine and practice, and be enabled to act according to it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Epaphras - Notes, Colossians 1:7.

Always laboring fervently for you in prayers - Margin, “or striving.” Greek: “agonizing.” The word denotes the intense desire which he had for their salvation; his fervent, earnest pleading for their welfare.

That ye may stand perfect and complete - Margin, as in Greek, filled. The desire was, that they might maintain their Christian principles unadulterated by the mixture of philosophy and error, and completely perform the will of God in every respect. This is the expression of a pious wish in regard to them, without any affirmation that any had been absolutely perfect, or that they would be perfect in this world. It is, however, a command of God that we should be perfect (see Matthew 5:48), and it is the highest wish of benevolence in reference to anyone that he may be complete in moral character, and may do all the will of God; compare the notes at 1 Corinthians 13:9.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 12. Epaphras, who is one of you — A native of some part of Phrygia, and probably of Colosse itself.

A servant of Christ — A minister of the Gospel.

Labouring fervently for you — αγωνιζομενος. Agonizing; very properly expressed by our translators, labouring fervently.

That ye may stand perfect and complete — ινα στητε τελειοι και πεπληρμενοι. That ye may stand firm, perfectly instructed, and fully persuaded of the truth of those doctrines which have been taught you as the revealed will of God: this I believe to be the meaning of the apostle.

Instead of πεπληρωμενοι, complete or filled up, almost all the MSS. of the Alexandrian rescension, which are considered the most authentic and correct, have πεπληροφορημενοι, that ye may be fully persuaded. The word πληροφορια signifies such a complete persuasion of the certainty of a thing, as leaves the mind which has it neither room nor inclination to doubt; and πληροφορεω, the verb, has the same meaning, viz., to be thus persuaded, or to persuade thus, by demonstrative argumentation and exhibition of unquestionable facts.

This is such a persuasion as the Spirit of God, by means of the Gospel, gives to every sincere and faithful man; and from which arises the solid happiness of the genuine Christian. They who argue against it, prove, at least, that they have not got it.