Colossians 1:7

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You learned the gospel from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave– a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf–

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  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave of Christ, greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
  • Phlm 1:23 : 23 Concluding Greetings Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you.
  • Col 4:7 : 7 Personal Greetings and Instructions Tychicus, a dear brother, faithful minister, and fellow slave in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me.
  • Heb 2:17 : 17 Therefore he had to be made like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
  • Heb 3:2 : 2 who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses was also in God’s house.
  • 1 Tim 4:6 : 6 By pointing out such things to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, having nourished yourself on the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.
  • 2 Tim 2:2 : 2 And what you heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be competent to teach others as well.
  • Num 12:7 : 7 My servant Moses is not like this; he is faithful in all my house.
  • Matt 24:45 : 45 The Faithful and Wise Slave“Who then is the faithful and wise slave, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves their food at the proper time?
  • Matt 25:21 : 21 His master answered,‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful in a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’
  • 1 Cor 4:2 : 2 Now what is sought in stewards is that one be found faithful.
  • 1 Cor 4:17 : 17 For this reason, I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.
  • 1 Cor 7:25 : 25 Remaining Unmarried With regard to the question about people who have never married, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy.
  • 2 Cor 11:23 : 23 Are they servants of Christ?(I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times.
  • Eph 5:21 : 21 and submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
  • Phil 2:19-22 : 19 Models for Ministry Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be encouraged by hearing news about you. 20 For there is no one here like him who will readily demonstrate his deep concern for you. 21 Others are busy with their own concerns, not those of Jesus Christ. 22 But you know his qualifications, that like a son working with his father, he served with me in advancing the gospel.
  • Phil 2:25 : 25 But for now I have considered it necessary to send Epaphroditus to you. For he is my brother, coworker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to me in my need.

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  • Col 1:8-10
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    8who also told us of your love in the Spirit.

    9Paul’s Prayer for the Growth of the Church For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

    10so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects– bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,

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

    3Paul’s Thanksgiving and Prayer for the Church We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

    4since we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.

    5Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel

    6that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.

  • Col 4:12-13
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    12Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave of Christ, greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

    13For I can testify that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and Hierapolis.

  • Eph 1:15-17
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    15Prayer for Wisdom and Revelation For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

    16I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember you in my prayers.

    17I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, will give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him,

  • Phlm 1:23
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    23Concluding Greetings Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you.

  • Phlm 1:5-7
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    5because I hear of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.

    6I pray that the faith you share with us may deepen your understanding of every blessing that belongs to you in Christ.

    7I have had great joy and encouragement because of your love, for the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

  • Phil 1:7
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    7For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace together with me.

  • Phil 1:5
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    5because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.

  • Col 4:9
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    9I sent him with Onesimus, the faithful and dear brother, who is one of you. They will tell you about everything here.

  • 1 Cor 1:5-6
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    5For you were made rich in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge–

    6just as the testimony about Christ has been confirmed among you–

  • Col 4:7
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    7Personal Greetings and Instructions Tychicus, a dear brother, faithful minister, and fellow slave in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me.

  • Col 2:6-7
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    6Warnings Against the Adoption of False Philosophies Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,

    7rooted and built up in him and firm in your faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

  • Phlm 1:1-3
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    1¶ Salutation From Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear friend and colaborer,

    2to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets in your house.

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

  • Eph 4:20-21
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    20But you did not learn about Christ like this,

    21if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus.

  • Col 1:23
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    23if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.

  • Phil 2:22
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    22But you know his qualifications, that like a son working with his father, he served with me in advancing the gospel.

  • Col 1:27
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    27God wanted to make known to them the glorious riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

  • Phlm 1:16
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    16no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a dear brother. He is especially so to me, and even more so to you now, both humanly speaking and in the Lord.

  • 1 Thess 1:6-7
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    6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.

    7As a result you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.

  • 1 Cor 1:9
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    9God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • 2 Cor 1:14
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    14just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

  • Eph 3:3-4
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    3that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly.

    4When reading this, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ

  • 2 Thess 1:12
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    12that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Eph 1:1-2
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    1¶ Salutation From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints[in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus.

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

  • Phil 1:27
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    27Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that– whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent– I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,

  • 2 Cor 3:2
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    2You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone,

  • Col 1:25
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    25I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship from God– given to me for you– in order to complete the word of God,

  • Phil 1:30
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    30since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.

  • Phil 1:11
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    11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

  • Col 2:2
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    2My goal is that their hearts, having been knit together in love, may be encouraged, and that they may have all the riches that assurance brings in their understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God, namely, Christ,

  • 2 Cor 1:11
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    11as you also join in helping us by prayer, so that many people may give thanks to God on our behalf for the gracious gift given to us through the help of many.