Col 4:7 | RWP | e4.org | All my affairs ( τα κατ' εμε παντα ). "All the things relating to me." The accusative case the object of γνωρισε . The same idiom in ; . Tychicus ( Τυχικος ). Mentioned also in as the bearer of that Epistle and with the same verb γνωρισε (future active of γνωριζω ) and with the same descriptive epithet as here ( ο αγαπητος αδελφος κα πιστος διακονος εν Κυριω , the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord) except that here we have also κα συνδουλος (and fellow-servant). Abbott suggests that Paul adds συνδουλος because he had used it of Epaphras in . Perhaps πιστος goes with both substantives and means faithful to Paul as well as to Christ.

‏ Colossians 4:7

All my affairs ( τα κατ' εμε παντα ). "All the things relating to me." The accusative case the object of γνωρισε. The same idiom in Ac 25:14; Php 1:2.

Tychicus ( Τυχικος ). Mentioned also in Eph 6:21 as the bearer of that Epistle and with the same verb γνωρισε (future active of γνωριζω ) and with the same descriptive epithet as here ( ο αγαπητος αδελφος κα πιστος διακονος εν Κυριω, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord) except that here we have also κα συνδουλος (and fellow-servant). Abbott suggests that Paul adds συνδουλος because he had used it of Epaphras in 1:7. Perhaps πιστος goes with both substantives and means faithful to Paul as well as to Christ.