Kolosser 4:8

8 den ich eben dieserhalb zu euch gesandt habe, auf daß er eure Umstände erfahre und eure Herzen tröste,

Kolosser 4:8 Meaning and Commentary

Colossians 4:8

Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose
That is, to relate to them his affairs both temporal and spiritual; and also,

that he might know your estate.
The Arabic version renders it, "that I may know your estate" by him when he returned again; as whether they continued steadfast in the Gospel, and observed the order, ordinances, and discipline of it; how it prospered, and was succeeded among them, to their comfort and edification, and to the conversion of others; and what reception the false teachers had among them; and what love, concord, and harmony were among themselves; or what were their afflictions and distresses from their enemies. The Ethiopic version renders it, "that ye may know the history of me"; which agrees with a manuscript mentioned by Grotius, which reads, "that ye may know the things concerning us", as does the Alexandrian copy; and with ( Ephesians 6:22 ) where it is added, as here, and "comfort your hearts"; who might be greatly cast down upon hearing of the sufferings of the apostle, and also with those they themselves endured both from within and from without, from sin, Satan, and the world; see on Gill "Eph 6:22".

Kolosser 4:8 In-Context

6 Euer Wort sei allezeit in Gnade, mit Salz gewürzt, um zu wissen, wie ihr jedem einzelnen antworten sollt.

7 Alles, was mich angeht, wird euch Tychikus kundtun, der geliebte Bruder und treue Diener und Mitknecht in dem Herrn,

8 den ich eben dieserhalb zu euch gesandt habe, auf daß er eure Umstände erfahre und eure Herzen tröste,

9 mit Onesimus, dem treuen und geliebten Bruder, der von euch ist; sie werden euch alles kundtun, was hier vorgeht.

10 Es grüßt euch Aristarchus, mein Mitgefangener, und Markus, der Neffe des Barnabas, betreffs dessen ihr Befehle erhalten habt (wenn er zu euch kommt, so nehmet ihn auf),