Colossians 1:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

even as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καθὼς καί ἐμάθετε ἀπὸ Ἐπαφρᾶ τοῦ ἀγαπητοῦ συνδούλου ἡμῶν, ὅς ἐστιν πιστὸς ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν διάκονος τοῦ Χριστοῦ·

Transliteration

Kathōs also you emathete from Epafra the agapētou syndoulou of us, who estin pistos hyper you diakonos of the Christou;

Grammar Details

• *Kathōs*: comparative adverb - just as/even as
• *emathete*: aorist, active, indicative, 2nd person plural - you learned
• *Epafra*: genitive, masculine, singular - proper name
• *agapētou*: genitive, masculine, singular - beloved
• *syndoulou*: genitive, masculine, singular - fellow servant
• *estin*: 3rd person singular, present, active, indicative - is
• *pistos*: nominative, masculine, singular - faithful
• *hyper*: preposition with genitive - on behalf of/for
• *diakonos*: nominative, masculine, singular - servant/minister
• *Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Christ, possessive

Word Meanings

• *emathete*: learned/were taught
• *agapētou*: beloved/dear/cherished
• *syndoulou*: fellow servant/co-worker
• *pistos*: faithful/trustworthy/reliable
• *hyper*: on behalf of/for the sake of/concerning
• *diakonos*: servant/minister/deacon

Referenced Verses

• Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
• Phlm 1:23 : 23 Epaphras, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus, saluteth thee;
• Col 4:7 : 7 All my affairs shall Tychicus make known unto you, the beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord:
• Heb 2:17 : 17 Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
• Heb 3:2 : 2 who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house.
• 1 Tim 4:6 : 6 If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which thou hast followed [until now]:
• 2 Tim 2:2 : 2 And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
• Num 12:7 : 7 My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house:
• Matt 24:45 : 45 Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
• Matt 25:21 : 21 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
• 1 Cor 4:2 : 2 Here, moreover, {G3739} it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
• 1 Cor 4:17 : 17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every church.
• 1 Cor 7:25 : 25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be trustworthy.
• 2 Cor 11:23 : 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft.
• Eph 5:21 : 21 subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
• Phil 2:19-22 : 19 But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. 20 For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your state. 21 For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ. 22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child [serveth] a father, [so] he served with me in furtherance of the gospel.
• Phil 2:25 : 25 But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need;