KJV: Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
YLT: Salute you doth Epaphras, who is of you, a servant of Christ, always striving for you in the prayers, that ye may stand perfect and made full in all the will of God,
Darby: Epaphras, who is one of you, the bondman of Christ Jesus, salutes you, always combating earnestly for you in prayers, to the end that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
ASV: Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
| Ἀσπάζεται | Greets |
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Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Middle or Passive, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἀπασπάζομαι Sense: to draw to one’s self. |
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| Ἐπαφρᾶς | Epaphras |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: Ἐπαφρᾶς Sense: a Christian man mentioned in Paul’s epistles. |
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| ὁ | who [is] |
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Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| ἐξ | [one] of |
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Parse: Preposition Root: ἐκ Sense: out of, from, by, away from. |
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| δοῦλος | a servant |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: δοῦλοσ1 Sense: a slave, bondman, man of servile condition. |
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| Χριστοῦ | of Christ |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: Χριστός Sense: Christ was the Messiah, the Son of God. |
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| Ἰησοῦ | Jesus |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: Ἰησοῦς Sense: Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses’ successor. |
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| πάντοτε | always |
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Parse: Adverb Root: πάντοτε Sense: at all times, always, ever. |
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| ἀγωνιζόμενος | struggling |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Middle or Passive, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἀγωνίζομαι Sense: to enter a contest: contend in the gymnastic games. |
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| προσευχαῖς | prayers |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Plural Root: προσευχή Sense: prayer addressed to God. |
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| ἵνα | so that |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: ἵνα Sense: that, in order that, so that. |
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| σταθῆτε | you may stand |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Subjunctive Passive, 2nd Person Plural Root: ἵστημι Sense: to cause or make to stand, to place, put, set. |
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| τέλειοι | mature |
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Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: τέλειος Sense: brought to its end, finished. |
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| πεπληροφορημένοι | fully assured |
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Parse: Verb, Perfect Participle Middle or Passive, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: πληροφορέω Sense: to bear or bring full, to make full. |
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| θελήματι | [the] will |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Neuter Singular Root: θέλημα Sense: what one wishes or has determined shall be done. |
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| τοῦ | - |
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Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| Θεοῦ | of God |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: θεός Sense: a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities. |
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Greek Commentary for Colossians 4:12
See note on Colossians 1:7 for previous mention of this brother who had brought Paul news from Colossae. [source]
See note on Colossians 1:29 of Paul. That ye may stand (ινα στατητε hina stathēte). Final clause, first aorist passive subjunctive (according to Aleph B) rather than the usual second aorist active subjunctives (στητε stēte) of ιστημι histēmi (according to A C D). Fully assured Perfect passive participle of πληροπορεω plērophoreō late compound, for which see note on Luke 1:1; Romans 14:5. [source]
Final clause, first aorist passive subjunctive (according to Aleph B) rather than the usual second aorist active subjunctives (στητε stēte) of ιστημι histēmi (according to A C D). [source]
Perfect passive participle of πληροπορεω plērophoreō late compound, for which see note on Luke 1:1; Romans 14:5. [source]
Rev., striving. See on Colossians 1:29; see on Colossians 2:1. Compare Romans 15:30. [source]
See on 1 Corinthians 2:6, 1 Corinthians 2:7; see on 1 Corinthians 1:28. [source]
See on most surely believed, Luke 1:1; and compare full assurance, Colossians 2:2. Rev., fully assured. [source]
Lit., in every will. Will means the thing willed, as Luke 12:47; 1Thessalonians href="/desk/?q=1th+5:18&sr=1">1 Thessalonians 5:18. Hence used sometimes in the plural, as Acts 13:22, shall do all my will ( θελήματα ), i.e., perform all the things willed by me. Ephesians 2:3, desires, strictly willings. So here the sense is, everything willed by God. The connection is apparently with σταθῆτε yemay stand. For a similar construction see John 8:44; Romans 5:2; 1 Corinthians 15:1; 1 Corinthians 16:13. As Meyer observes, this connection gives stand both a modal definition (perfect and fully assured) and a local definition (in all the will). [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Colossians 4:12
First aorist middle infinitive of συναγωνι ζομαι sunagōni zomai old compound verb, only here in N.T., direct object of παρακαλω parakalō and with associative instrumental case μοι moi the simplex αγωνιζομενος agōnizomenos occurring in Colossians 4:12 of the prayers of Epaphras. For Christ‘s agony in prayer see Matthew 26:42 and note on Luke 22:44. [source]
Rev., how greatly I strive. Ἡλίκον whatgreat, only here and James 3:5. Conflict, continuing the metaphor of Colossians 1:29. Here of inward conflict, anxiety, prayer, as Colossians 4:12. [source]
Paul, Timothy and all like-minded preachers against the Gnostic depreciation of Christ. This verb originally (Xenophon) meant to denounce, but in N.T. it means to announce Admonishing (νουτετουντες nouthetountes). Old verb from νουτετης nouthetēs admonisher (from νουσ τιτημι nousδιδασκοντες tithēmi). See already Acts 20:31; 1 Thessalonians 5:12, 1 Thessalonians 5:14; 2 Thessalonians 3:15, etc. Warning about practice and teaching (παντα αντρωπον didaskontes) about doctrine. Such teaching calls for “all wisdom” Every man Repeated three times. “In opposition to the doctrine of an intellectual exclusiveness taught by the false teachers” (Abbott). That we may present (ινα hina parastēsōmen). Final use of παριστημι hina and first aorist active subjunctive of τελειον paristēmi for which see note on Colossians 1:22, the final presentation to Christ. Perfect Spiritual adults in Christ, no longer babes in Christ (Hebrews 5:14), mature and ripened Christians (Colossians 4:12), the full-grown man in Christ (Ephesians 4:13). The relatively perfect (Philemon 3:15) will on that day of the presentation be fully developed as here (Colossians 4:12; Ephesians 4:13). The Gnostics used teleios of the one fully initiated into their mysteries and it is quite possible that Paul here has also a sidewise reference to their use of the term. [source]
Repeated three times. “In opposition to the doctrine of an intellectual exclusiveness taught by the false teachers” (Abbott). That we may present (ινα hina parastēsōmen). Final use of παριστημι hina and first aorist active subjunctive of τελειον paristēmi for which see note on Colossians 1:22, the final presentation to Christ. Perfect Spiritual adults in Christ, no longer babes in Christ (Hebrews 5:14), mature and ripened Christians (Colossians 4:12), the full-grown man in Christ (Ephesians 4:13). The relatively perfect (Philemon 3:15) will on that day of the presentation be fully developed as here (Colossians 4:12; Ephesians 4:13). The Gnostics used teleios of the one fully initiated into their mysteries and it is quite possible that Paul here has also a sidewise reference to their use of the term. [source]
Spiritual adults in Christ, no longer babes in Christ (Hebrews 5:14), mature and ripened Christians (Colossians 4:12), the full-grown man in Christ (Ephesians 4:13). The relatively perfect (Philemon 3:15) will on that day of the presentation be fully developed as here (Colossians 4:12; Ephesians 4:13). The Gnostics used teleios of the one fully initiated into their mysteries and it is quite possible that Paul here has also a sidewise reference to their use of the term. [source]
A phrase peculiar to the Pastorals. Comp. 2 Timothy 4:7. Not necessarily a metaphor from the gymnasium or arena, although ἀγών contestwas applied originally to athletic struggles. But it is also used of any struggle, outward or inward. See Colossians 2:1; Colossians 4:12. [source]
The teacher or other special worker in the church. Comp. Titus 1:1; Romans 1:1; Galatians 1:10; Philemon 1:1, Colossians 4:12. Of any Christian, 1 Corinthians 7:22; Ephesians 6:6. The phrase is often applied to the Old Testament prophets as a body: see Amos 3:7; Jeremiah 7:25; Ezra 9:11; Daniel 9:6. To Joshua, Judges 2:8; to David, Psalm 78:70. [source]
See note on 2 Timothy 2:9. Do the work of an evangelist (εργον ποιησον ευαγγελιστου ergon poiēson euaggelistou). See note on 1 Corinthians 1:17; Ephesians 4:11 for ευαγγελιστης euaggelistēs gospelizer. Fulfil First aorist active imperative of πληροπορεω plērophoreō for which see note on Colossians 4:12. In Colossians 4:17 Paul uses πληροω plēroō to Archippus about his ministry as he here employs πληροπορεω plērophoreō Both verbs mean to fill full. [source]
First aorist active imperative of πληροπορεω plērophoreō for which see note on Colossians 4:12. In Colossians 4:17 Paul uses πληροω plēroō to Archippus about his ministry as he here employs πληροπορεω plērophoreō Both verbs mean to fill full. [source]
Through Epaphras (Colossians 1:7, Colossians 1:8; Colossians 4:12), possibly from Onesimus also. [source]
Forty miles south-east of Philadelphia and some forty miles east of Ephesus, the last of the seven churches addressed with special messages, on the river Lycus on the border of Phrygia, near Colossae and Hierapolis, recipient of two letters by Paul (Colossians 4:16), on the great trade-route from Ephesus to the east and seat of large manufacturing and banking operations (especially of woollen carpets and clothing, Ramsay, Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia, p. 40ff.), centre of the worship of Asklepios and seat of a medical school and also of a provincial court where Cicero lived and wrote many of his letters, home of many Jews, called by Ramsay (op. cit., p. 413) “the City of Compromise,” the church here founded apparently by Epaphras (Colossians 1:7; Colossians 4:12.), now a deserted ruin, one of six cities with this name (meaning justice of the people). No praise is bestowed on this church, but only blame for its lukewarmness. [source]