Colossians 1:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

from our good friend Epaphras. He works together with us for Christ and is a faithful worker for you.

Cross References

Numbers 12:7

But my servant Moses is the leader of my people.

Matthew 18:29

The man got down on his knees and began begging, “Have pity on me, and I will pay you back.”

Matthew 24:45

Who are faithful and wise servants? Who are the ones the master will put in charge of giving the other servants their food supplies at the proper time?

Matthew 25:21

“Wonderful!” his master replied. “You are a good and faithful servant. I left you in charge of only a little, but now I will put you in charge of much more. Come and share in my happiness!”

1 Corinthians 4:17

That's why I sent Timothy to you. I love him like a son, and he is a faithful servant of the Lord. Timothy will tell you what I do to follow Christ and how it agrees with what I always teach about Christ in every church.

1 Corinthians 4:2

And since our first duty is to be faithful to the one we work for,

1 Corinthians 7:25

I don't know of anything that the Lord said about people who have never been married. But I will tell you what I think. And you can trust me, because the Lord has treated me with kindness.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they servants of Christ? I am a fool to talk this way, but I serve him better than they do. I have worked harder and have been put in jail more times. I have been beaten with whips more and have been in danger of death more often.

Ephesians 5:21

Honour Christ and put others first.

Philippians 2:25

I think I ought to send my dear friend Epaphroditus back to you. He is a follower and a worker and a soldier of the Lord, just as I am. You sent him to look after me,

Colossians 4:12

Your own Epaphras, who serves Christ Jesus, sends his greetings. He always prays hard that you may fully know what the Lord wants you to do and that you may do it completely.

Colossians 4:7

Tychicus is the dear friend, who faithfully works and serves the Lord with us, and he will give you the news about me.

Colossians 4:9

Onesimus, that dear and faithful follower from your own group, is coming with him. The two of them will tell you everything that has happened here.

1 Timothy 4:6

If you teach these things to other followers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus. You will show that you have grown up on the teachings about our faith and on the good instructions you have obeyed.

2 Timothy 2:2

You have often heard me teach. Now I want you to tell these same things to followers who can be trusted to tell others.

Philemon 1:23

Epaphras is also here in jail for being a follower of Christ Jesus. He sends his greetings,

Hebrews 2:17

He had to be one of us, so that he could serve God as our merciful and faithful high priest and sacrifice himself for the forgiveness of our sins.

Hebrews 3:2

Jesus was faithful to God, who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in serving all God's people.