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Epaphras

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Epaphras sends a greeting and is called a fellow prisoner in Philemon 1:23. Colossians 1:7–8 say, “you learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf, who also declared to us your love in the Spirit,” and 4:12–13, “Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. For I testify about him that he has great zeal for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those in Hierapolis.”

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COL 1:3–8, engwebp
³We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
⁴having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you have toward all the saints,
⁵because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News
⁶which has come to you, even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,
⁷even as you learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,
⁸who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
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COL 4:10–17, engwebp
¹⁰Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you received instructions, “if he comes to you, receive him”),
¹¹and Jesus who is called Justus. These are my only fellow workers for God’s Kingdom who are of the circumcision, men who have been a comfort to me.
¹²Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
¹³For I testify about him that he has great zeal for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those in Hierapolis.
¹⁴Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you.
¹⁵Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, with Nymphas and the assembly that is in his house.
¹⁶When this letter has been read among you, cause it to be read also in the assembly of the Laodiceans, and that you also read the letter from Laodicea.
¹⁷Tell Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.”
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PHM 1:1, engwebp
¹Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,
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PHM 1:23, engwebp
²³Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,
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Paul — Fellow prisoner of — Epaphras

Evidence: Philemon 1:1, Philemon 1:23
Took part in (2) — The writers’ thanks, and the love Epaphras declared, Greetings from Aristarchus, Mark, Epaphras, Luke and Demas, and the word for Archippus

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Colossians 1:7 Open that verse

even as you learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,

Colossians 4:12 Open that verse

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

Philemon 1:23 Open that verse

Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,

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Entry: Epaphras (person-epaphras)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/epaphras
Current wording: Epaphras sends a greeting and is called a fellow prisoner in Philemon 1:23. Colossians 1:7–8 say, “you learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf, who also declared to us your love in the Spirit,” and 4:12–13, “Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. For I testify about him that he has great zeal for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those in Hierapolis.”
Cited evidence: COL 1:3–8, engwebp / COL 4:10–17, engwebp / PHM 1:1, engwebp / PHM 1:23, engwebp
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