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# our beloved ... our behalf
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The word "our" does not include the Colossians.
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# gospel as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who
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"gospel. It is exactly what you learned from Epaphras, who is our beloved fellow servant and who" or "gospel. It is exactly what Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, taught you. He"
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# Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf
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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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# Epaphras
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the man who preached the gospel to the people in Colossae