Discovery BoxColossians 2:19 
Context2:19 He has not held fast 1 to the head from whom the whole body, supported 2 and knit together through its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God. 3
Colossians 4:12
Context4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave 4 of Christ, 5 greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured 6 in all the will of God.
1 tn The Greek participle κρατῶν (kratwn) was translated as a finite verb to avoid an unusually long and pedantic sentence structure in English.
2 tn See BDAG 387 s.v. ἐπιχορηγέω 3.
3 tn The genitive τοῦ θεοῦ (tou qeou) has been translated as a genitive of source, “from God.”
4 tn See the note on “fellow slave” in 1:7.
5 tc ‡ Strong Alexandrian testimony, along with some other witnesses, suggests that ᾿Ιησοῦ (Ihsou, “Jesus”) follows Χριστοῦ (Cristou, “Christ”; so א A B C I L 0278 33 81 365 629 1175 2464 al lat), but the evidence for the shorter reading is diverse (Ì46 D F G Ψ 075 1739 1881 Ï it sy Hier), cutting across all major texttypes. There can be little motivation for omitting the name of Jesus; hence, the shorter reading is judged to be original. NA27 has ᾿Ιησοῦ in brackets, indicating some doubts as to its authenticity.
6 tn Or “filled.”
