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Colossians 1:7

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 7 That is what you have learned from our beloved fellow slave Epʹa·phras,+ who is a faithful minister of the Christ on our behalf.

Colossians 1:7

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 7 καθὼς according as ἐμάθετε YOU learned ἀπὸ from ᾿Επαφρᾶ Epaphras τοῦ the ἀγαπητοῦ loved συνδούλου fellow slave ἡμῶν, of us, ὅς who ἐστιν is πιστὸς faithful ὑπὲρ over ἡμῶν us διάκονος servant τοῦ of the χριστοῦ, Christ,

Colossians 1:7

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 7 That is what YOU have learned from Epʹa·phras+ our beloved fellow slave, who is a faithful minister* of the Christ on our behalf,

Colossians 1:7

The Bible in Living English
- 7 as you learned from our dear fellow-servant Epaphras, who is on your behalf a faithful agent of the Christ,

Colossians 1:7

American Standard Version
- 7 even as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

Colossians 1:7

The Emphasized Bible
- 7 Even as ye learned [it] from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, Who is faithful in our behalf as a minister of the Christ,

Colossians 1:7

King James Version
- 7 As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

Colossians Study Notes—Chapter 1

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 1:7
  
  Epaphras: A faithful minister in Colossae who visited the apostle Paul in Rome during Paul’s first imprisonment there. It appears that at the time of writing his letter to the Colossians, the apostle had not visited Colossae (Col 2:1) and that Epaphras was instrumental in establishing the congregation there (Col 1:6-8; 4:12, 13). The name Epaphras is an abbreviation of Epaphroditus. However, Epaphras is not to be confused with Epaphroditus from Philippi. (Php 2:25) Epaphras from Colossae is also mentioned at Phm 23.
  
  minister: See study notes on Mt 20:26; 1Co 3:5.