Col 4:7-9 | 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 4:7-9

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.

I have sent ( επεμψα ). Epistolary aorist active indicative of πεμπω as in Eph 6:22.

That ye may know ( ινα γνωτε ). Second aorist (ingressive) active subjunctive of γινωσκω, "that ye may come to know." This the correct text, not γνω (third singular).

Our estate ( τα περ ημων ). "The things concerning us."

May comfort ( παρακαλεση ). First aorist active subjunctive. Proper rendering here and not "may exhort."

Together with Onesimus ( συν Ονησιμω ). Co-bearer of the letter with Tychicus and praised on a par with him, runaway slave though he is.

Who is one of you ( ος εστιν εξ υμων ). Said not as a reproach to Colossae for having such a man, but as a privilege to the church in Colossae to give a proper welcome to this returning converted slave and to treat him as a brother as Paul argues to Philemon.