Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave ¹  of Christ, ²  greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured ³  in all the will of God.

Mt 5:48; Lu 22:44; Joh 12:26; Ro 15:14; Ro 15:30; 1Co 2:6; 1Co 14:20; 2Co 13:11; Ga 1:10; Ga 4:19; Php 3:12-15; Col 1:7; Col 1:9,22,28; Col 2:1-23; Col 4:1; Col 4:2; 1Th 5:23; Phm 1:23; Heb 5:7; Heb 5:14; Heb 6:1; Jas 1:1; Jas 5:16; 2Pe 1:1; Jude 1:24

¹ tn See the note on “fellow slave” in 1:7.

² 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.

³ tn Or “filled.”