Colossians 4:9 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁹ [He is coming], together with Onesimus our faithful and dearly loved brother, who is one of you. [Note: This could mean either “from your town” or, “a fellow-Christian”]. They will tell you about everything that is happening here.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ with Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ And with [him is] Onesimus, [our] faithful and beloved brother, who is [one] of yourselves. They will let you know everything that has taken place here [in Rome].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things that are done here.

Common English Bible

⁹ I sent him with Onesimus, our faithful and dearly loved brother, who is one of you. They will let you know about everything here.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ with Onesimus, a most beloved and faithful brother, who is from among you. They shall make known to you everything that is happening here.

Colossians 4:9 Cross References

Colossians 1:7

You learned [this truth] from Epaphras, our dearly loved fellow-slave, who is a faithful minister of Christ [to you] on our behalf.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you [See 1:7; 4:9], a slave of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings. He always struggles in his prayers on your behalf so that you will remain mature and be fully convinced [that you are living] by all that God wants [for your life].

Colossians 4:7

Tychicus will tell you all about my affairs. [Note: This man probably delivered this letter as well as the one to the Ephesians. See Eph. 6:21]. He is our dearly loved brother and faithful minister and fellow-slave in [the service of] the Lord.