2018-03-07 17:34:14 +00:00
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# our beloved ... our behalf
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2023-08-14 15:25:39 +00:00
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The word "our" does not include the Colossians.
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# gospel as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2024-03-01 17:26:34 +00:00
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"gospel. It is exactly what Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, taught you. He"
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2020-03-03 18:10:02 +00:00
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# Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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Here "on our behalf" means that Epaphras was doing work for Christ that Paul himself would have done if he were not in prison.
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# Epaphras
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2023-08-14 15:25:39 +00:00
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the man who preached the gospel to the people in Colossae
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