Colossians 4:12 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

¹² Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ, greets you, always striving for you in his prayers, so that you may stand mature and complete in all the will of God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. [He is] always striving for you earnestly in his prayers, [pleading] that you may [as persons of ripe character and clear conviction] stand firm and mature [in spiritual growth], convinced and fully assured in everything willed by God.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² 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.

Common English Bible

¹² Epaphras, who is one of you, says hello. He’s a slave of Christ Jesus who always wrestles for you in prayers so that you will stand firm and be fully mature and complete in the entire will of God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Epaphras greets you, who is from among you, a servant of Christ Jesus, ever solicitous for you in prayer, so that you may stand, perfect and complete, in the entire will of God.

Colossians 4:12 Cross References

Matthew 5:48

You therefore shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Luke 1:1

Since many have undertaken to compile an account of the events that have been fulfilled among us,

Luke 22:44

Being in agony, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

John 12:26

If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.”

Romans 15:14

I myself am convinced about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to admonish others.

Romans 15:30

Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers, do not be childish in your way of thinking. Rather, as to malice be infants, but in your way of thinking be mature.

1 Corinthians 2:6

Now we speak wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are being brought to nothing.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be restored, be comforted, be of the same mind, and live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Galatians 1:10

Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Galatians 4:19

My little children, for whom I am again suffering labor pains until Christ is formed in you,

Colossians 1:22

through the death of Christ in his physical body to present you holy, unblemished, and above reproach before him,

Colossians 1:28

He is the one we proclaim, admonishing everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 1:29

To this end I labor, striving according to his energy that is powerfully at work within me.

Colossians 1:7

You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf

Colossians 1:9

For this reason, from the day we heard this, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God's will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

Colossians 4:9

With him I have sent Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you everything that is happening here.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Philemon 1:23

Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus,

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature, whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish between good and evil.

Hebrews 5:7

In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.

James 1:1

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are scattered abroad: Greetings.

James 1:4

And let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

James 5:16

Confess your trespasses to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful and effective.

2 Peter 1:1

Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a faith as precious as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

Jude 1:24

Now to him who is able to keep them from falling and to make them stand unblemished in the presence of his glory with great joy,