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  • Philemon 23
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 23 Sending you greetings is Epʹa·phras,+ my fellow captive in union with Christ Jesus,

  • Philemon 23
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 23 ᾿Ασπάζεταί Is greeting σε you ᾿Επαφρᾶς Epaphras ὁ the συναιχμάλωτός fellow captive μου of me ἐν in Χριστῷ Christ Ἰησοῦ, Jesus,

  • Philemon 23
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 23 Sending you greetings is Epʹa·phras+ my fellow captive in union with Christ,

  • Philemon 23
    The Bible in Living English
    • 23 Epaphras my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus,

  • Philemon 23
    American Standard Version
    • 23 Epaphras, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus, saluteth thee;

  • Philemon 23
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 23 There salute thee—Epaphras my fellow-captive in Christ Jesus,

  • Philemon 23
    King James Version
    • 23 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;

  • Philemon Study Notes
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 23

      Epaphras: A Christian from Colossae who was probably instrumental in establishing the congregation there. (See study notes on Col 1:7; 4:12.) At the time of Paul’s first imprisonment, Epaphras came to Rome. He likely remained there, for Paul conveys his greetings and refers to him as “my fellow captive in union with Christ Jesus.”

      my fellow captive: Or “my fellow prisoner.” Paul uses this Greek term not only of Epaphras but also, in other letters, of Aristarchus, Andronicus, and Junias. (Ro 16:7; Col 4:10) These companions of Paul might actually have been imprisoned with him. However, some suggest that Paul used the term figuratively to indicate that these fellow Christians courageously visited him and spent time with him while he was imprisoned.

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