Colossenzen 4:8

8 Denwelken ik tot hetzelfde einde tot u gezonden heb, opdat hij uw zaken wete, en uw harten vertrooste;

Colossenzen 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".

Colossenzen 4:8 In-Context

6 Uw woord zij te allen tijde in aangenaamheid, met zout besprengd, opdat gij moogt weten, hoe gij een iegelijk moet antwoorden.

7 Al mijn zaken zal u bekend maken Tychikus, de geliefde broeder, en getrouwe dienaar, en mededienstknecht in de Heere;

8 Denwelken ik tot hetzelfde einde tot u gezonden heb, opdat hij uw zaken wete, en uw harten vertrooste;

9 Met Onesimus, den getrouwen en geliefden broeder, dewelke uit de uwen is; zij zullen u alles bekend maken, wat hier is.

10 U groet Aristarchus, mijn medegevangene; en Markus, de neef van Barnabas, aangaande welken gij bevelen ontvangen hebt; zo hij tot u komt, ontvangt hem;