Colossians 1:7

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As it was given to you by Epaphras, our well-loved helper, who is a true servant of Christ for us,

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  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his love, ever taking thought for you in his prayers, that you may be complete and fully certain of all the purpose of God.
  • Phlm 1:23 : 23 Epaphras, my brother-prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you his love;
  • Col 4:7 : 7 Tychicus will give you news of all my business: he is a dear brother and true servant and helper in the word;
  • Heb 2:17 : 17 Because of this it was necessary for him to be made like his brothers in every way, so that he might be a high priest full of mercy and keeping faith in everything to do with God, making offerings for the sins of the people.
  • Heb 3:2 : 2 Who kept faith with God who gave him his place, even as Moses did in all his house.
  • 1 Tim 4:6 : 6 If you keep these things before the minds of the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the right teaching which has been your guide:
  • 2 Tim 2:2 : 2 And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.
  • Num 12:7 : 7 My servant Moses is not so; he is true to me in all my house:
  • Matt 24:45 : 45 Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?
  • Matt 25:21 : 21 His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.
  • 1 Cor 4:2 : 2 And it is right for such servants to be safe persons.
  • 1 Cor 4:17 : 17 For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.
  • 1 Cor 7:25 : 25 Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him.
  • 2 Cor 11:23 : 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.
  • Eph 5:21 : 21 Letting yourselves be ruled by one another in the fear of Christ.
  • Phil 2:19-22 : 19 But I am hoping in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may be comforted when I have news of you. 20 For I have no man of like mind who will truly have care for you. 21 For they all go after what is theirs, not after the things of Christ. 22 But his quality is clear to you; how, as a child is to its father, so he was a help to me in the work of the good news.
  • Phil 2:25 : 25 But it seemed to me necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, who has taken part with me in the work and in the fight, and your servant, sent by you for help in my need;

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  • Col 1:8-10
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    8And who, himself, made clear to us your love in the Spirit.

    9For this reason, we, from the day when we had word of it, keep on in prayer for you, that you may be full of the knowledge of his purpose, with all wisdom and experience of the Spirit,

    10Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

  • Col 1:2-6
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    2To the saints and true brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

    3We give praise to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, making prayer for you at all times,

    4After hearing of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have for all the saints,

    5Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news,

    6Which has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God;

  • Col 4:12-13
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    12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his love, ever taking thought for you in his prayers, that you may be complete and fully certain of all the purpose of God.

    13For I give witness of him that he has undergone much trouble for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis.

  • Eph 1:15-17
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    15For this cause I, having had news of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and which you make clear to all the saints,

    16Give praise without end for you, keeping you in mind in my prayers;

    17That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

  • Phlm 1:23
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    23Epaphras, my brother-prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you his love;

  • Phlm 1:5-7
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    5Hearing of the love and the faith which you have to the Lord Jesus and to all the saints;

    6That the faith which you have in common with them may be working with power, in the knowledge of every good thing in you, for Christ.

    7For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.

  • Phil 1:7
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    7So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.

  • Phil 1:5
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    5Because of your help in giving the good news from the first day till now;

  • Col 4:9
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    9And with him I have sent Onesimus, the true and well-loved brother, who is one of you. They will give you word of everything which is taking place here.

  • 1 Cor 1:5-6
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    5So that in him you have wealth in all things, in word and in knowledge of every sort;

    6Even as the witness of the Christ has been made certain among you:

  • Col 4:7
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    7Tychicus will give you news of all my business: he is a dear brother and true servant and helper in the word;

  • Col 2:6-7
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    6As, then, you took Christ Jesus the Lord, so go on in him,

    7Rooted and based together in him, strong in the faith which the teaching gave you, giving praise to God at all times.

  • Phlm 1:1-3
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    1Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear helper in the faith,

    2And to Apphia, our sister, and to Archippus, our brother in God's army, and to the church in your house:

    3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Eph 4:20-21
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    20For this was not the teaching of Christ which was given to you;

    21If in fact you gave ear to him, and were given teaching in him, even as what is true is made clear in Jesus:

  • Col 1:23
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    23If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

  • Phil 2:22
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    22But his quality is clear to you; how, as a child is to its father, so he was a help to me in the work of the good news.

  • Col 1:27
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    27To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

  • Phlm 1:16
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    16No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother, very dear to me specially, but much more to you, in the flesh as well as in the Lord.

  • 1 Thess 1:6-7
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    6And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;

    7So that you became an example to all those who have faith in Christ in Macedonia and Achaia.

  • 1 Cor 1:9
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    9God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • 2 Cor 1:14
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    14Even as you have been ready, in part, to say that we are your glory, in the same way that you are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.

  • Eph 3:3-4
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    3How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter,

    4By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ;

  • 2 Thess 1:12
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    12So that glory may be given to the name of our Lord Jesus through you, and you may have glory in him, by the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Eph 1:1-2
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    1Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the purpose of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and those who have faith in Christ Jesus:

    2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Phil 1:27
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    27Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;

  • 2 Cor 3:2
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    2You yourselves are our letter, whose writing is in our heart, open for every man's reading and knowledge;

  • Col 1:25
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    25Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,

  • Phil 1:30
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    30Fighting the same fight which you saw in me, and now have word of in me.

  • Phil 1:11
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    11Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

  • Col 2:2
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    2So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ,

  • 2 Cor 1:11
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    11You at the same time helping together by your prayer for us; so that for what has been given to us through a number of persons, praise may go up to God for us from all of them.