Colosenses 4:12

12 Os saluda Epafras, el cual es de vosotros, siervo de Cristo, siempre solícito por vosotros en sus oraciones, para que estéis firmes, perfectos y cumplidos en todo lo que Dios quiere

Colosenses 4:12 Meaning and Commentary

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you
A native of Colosse, and one of their faithful ministers; see ( Colossians 1:7 ) .

A servant of Christ;
not merely in the same sense as every believer is, but as he was a preacher of the Gospel, in which he faithfully served his Lord and master, Christ:

saluteth you;
sends his Christian respects to you, for whom he bore a sincere love and hearty affection, as appears by what follows:

always labouring fervently for you in prayers;
in all his prayers, which were many and frequent, he never forgot his dear flock at Colosse, of which he was pastor, but strove with God for them, even to an agony, as the word signifies; he wrestled with the Lord as Jacob did, nor, as he, would he let him go without a blessing for this church; he was incessant, importunate, and fervent in prayer for them: and what he prayed in particular for them was,

that ye may stand perfect;
in Christ Jesus their head, and in his spotless righteousness; see ( Colossians 1:28 ) ( 2:10 ) and continue believing in him, and looking to him for righteousness and strength, in whom all the fulness, the perfection of grace dwells; and where the saints only are, and can continue to be perfect:

and complete in all the will of God;
or "be filled" in it, have a perfect knowledge of the revealed will of God, both as to doctrine and practice, and be enabled to act according to it.

Colosenses 4:12 In-Context

10 Aristarco, mi compañero en la prisión, os saluda, y Marcos, el sobrino de Bernabé (acerca del cual habéis recibido mandamientos; si fuere a vosotros, recibidle)

11 y Jesús, el que se llama el Justo; los cuales son de la circuncisión, éstos solos son los que me ayudan en el Reino de Dios, y me han sido consuelo

12 Os saluda Epafras, el cual es de vosotros, siervo de Cristo, siempre solícito por vosotros en sus oraciones, para que estéis firmes, perfectos y cumplidos en todo lo que Dios quiere

13 Porque les doy testimonio, que tiene gran celo por vosotros, y por los que están en Laodicea, y los que están en Hierápolis

14 Os saluda Lucas, el médico amado, y Demas