Colosenses 4:8

8 el cual os he enviado a esto mismo, para que entienda vuestros negocios, y consuele vuestros corazones;

Colosenses 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".

Colosenses 4:8 In-Context

6 Sea vuestra palabra siempre con gracia, sazonada con sal; para que sepáis cómo os conviene responder a cada uno.

7 Todos mis negocios os lo hará saber Tíquico, hermano amado y fiel ministro y consiervo en el Señor,

8 el cual os he enviado a esto mismo, para que entienda vuestros negocios, y consuele vuestros corazones;

9 con Onésimo, amado y fiel hermano, el cual es de vosotros. Todo lo que acá pasa, os lo harán saber.

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),