Colossians 4:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὃν ἔπεμψα πρὸς ὑμᾶς εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο, ἵνα γνῷ τὰ περὶ ὑμῶν, καὶ παρακαλέσῃ τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν·

Transliteration

Whom I epempsa pros you for this very purpose, that he might gnō the things concerning you, and might parakalēsē the kardias of you;

Grammar Details

• *epempsa*: aorist indicative, active, 1st singular - I sent
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
• *gnō*: aorist subjunctive, active, 3rd singular - might know
• *parakalēsē*: aorist subjunctive, active, 3rd singular - might encourage/comfort
• *kardias*: accusative, feminine, plural - hearts

Word Meanings

• *epempsa*: I sent/dispatched
• *gnō*: might know/learn/understand
• *parakalēsē*: might encourage/comfort/console/exhort
• *kardias*: hearts/inner selves/minds

Referenced Verses

• Eph 6:22 : 22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.
• Col 2:2 : 2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
• 1 Thess 2:11 : 11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
• 1 Thess 3:2 : 2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
• 1 Thess 3:5 : 5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
• 1 Thess 4:18 : 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
• 1 Thess 5:11 : 11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
• 1 Thess 5:14 : 14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
• 2 Thess 2:17 : 17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
• Phil 2:28 : 28 I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
• Isa 40:1 : 1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
• Isa 61:2-3 : 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
• 1 Cor 4:17 : 17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
• 2 Cor 1:4 : 4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
• 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
• 2 Cor 12:18 : 18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?