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Colossians 4:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know how we are  and so that he may encourage  your hearts.

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I am sending him to you for this very reason, to let you know how we are and to encourage  your hearts.


I want their hearts to be encouraged  and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of complete understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery   #– #Christ.  ,


encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good work and word.


And we exhort you, brothers and sisters:  warn those who are idle,  comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient  with everyone.


Therefore encourage one another and build each other up as you are already doing.


Therefore encourage  one another with these words.


For this reason, when I could no longer stand it, I also sent him to find out about your faith, fearing that the tempter had tempted you and that our labour might be for nothing.


And we sent Timothy,  our brother and God’s co-worker  in the gospel of Christ,  to strengthen and encourage you concerning your faith,


As you know, like a father with his own children,


For this reason, I am very eager to send him so that you may rejoice again when you see him and I may be less anxious.


I urged Titus  to go, and I sent the brother with him. Titus didn’t take advantage of you, did he? Didn’t we walk in the same spirit  and in the same footsteps?


As a result, you should instead forgive  and comfort him. Otherwise, he may be overwhelmed by excessive grief.


He comforts us in all our affliction,  so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.


This is why I have sent  Timothy to you. He is my dearly loved and faithful  child in the Lord. He will remind you about my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere in every church.


‘Comfort, comfort my people,’ says your God.





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