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OET-RV by cross-referenced section COL 4:7

COL 4:7–4:18 ©

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Final greetings

Col 4:7–18

4:7 Final greetings

7[ref]My dear brother and faithful servant and fellow slave, Tychicus, will tell you all about me. 8I’m sending him to all of you there so you’ll find out the news that concerns you all and so that he can comfort you there. 9[ref]The faithful and dear brother, Onesimus, who’s from your place will also be with him.

10[ref]My fellow prisoner, Aristarchus, sends his greetings along with Barnabas’ cousin, Mark. You’ve already received instructions about that, so accept him if he arrives there. 11Yeshua who’s nicknamed Yustus also sends his greetings. These guys are from strict Jewish backgrounds, but they’re my only fellow-workers for God’s kingdom who became an encouragement to me.

12[ref]Epaphras sends his greetings. He’s another one from your place and a slave of messiah Yeshua who always prays for you that you will stand mature and fully confident in all of God’s will. 13I can assure you that he has strong concerns for you all, as well as those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis. 14[ref]The dear doctor Luke greets you all, as does Dermas.

15Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters in Laodicea, and to Nympha and the assembly that meets in her house, 16and whenever my letter gets read to you all, make sure that it’s also read to those from the assembly in Laodicea, and that you all also read their letter. 17[ref]Tell Archippus to make sure to fulfil the duties that the master gave him to do.

18I, Paul, am writing this final greeting in my own handwriting. Remember me here in chains.

May God’s grace be with all of you.


4:7: Acts 20:4; 2Tim 4:12.

4:9: Phm 10-12.

4:10: a Acts 19:29; 27:2; Phm 24; b Acts 12:12,25; 13:13; 15:37-39.

4:12: Col 1:7; Phm 23.

4:14: a 2Tim 4:11; Phm 24; b 2Tim 4:10; Phm 24.

4:17: Phm 2.

Collected OET-RV cross-references

Acts 20:4:

4with Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia Minor, and Timothy all accompanying him.

2Tim 4:12:

12I sent Tychicus to Ephesus.[ref]


4:12: Acts 20:4; Eph 6:21-22; Col 4:7-8.

Phm 10-12:

10[ref]So I’m going to encourage you concerning Onesimus who became my spiritual ‘son’ since I’ve been imprisoned. 11Before he was useless to you, but now he’s useful to both of us.

12I sent him to you (even though in my heart


10: Col 4:9.

Acts 19:29:

29Then the whole city was filled with confusion and the people rushed to the theatre and grabbed Gaius and Aristarchus from Macedoniatravelling companions of Paul’s.

27:2:

2We all boarded on a ship from Adramyttium that was about to sail to various places along the coast of Asia Minor. Aristarchus, a Macedonian man from Thessalonica, was with us as we departed.

Phm 24:

24[ref]as do my fellow-workers Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke.


24: a Acts 12:12,25; 13:13; 15:37-39; Col 4:10; b Acts 19:29; 27:2; Col 4:10; c Col 4:14; 2Tim 4:10; d Col 4:14; 2Tim 4:11.

Acts 12:12,25:

12Now that he realised this, he went to Maria’s house (the mother of Yohan Mark) where many believers had met to pray.

25By then Barnabas and Saul had completed their ministry and returned to[fn] Yerushalem taking Yohan Mark along with them.


12:25 TD:Some manuscripts have ‘from’ here because in the next few sentences it seems that they were returned to Antioch.

13:13:

13:13 Paul and Barnabas in Pisidia

13After that, Paul[fn] and his companions sailed from Pafos to Perga in Pamfylia, but Yohan Mark left them and returned to Yerushalem.


13:13 From this point on in the text, Paul is referred to by his Roman name as his ministry is largely outside of Israel. (In Israel he seemed to be better known as Saul, the Greek form of his Hebrew name Sha-ul.)

15:37-39:

37Barnabas agreed and wanted to take Yohan Mark along with them as well, 38but Paul didn’t want to take him because he had left them in Pamfylia instead of continuing with them in their work. 39And so it turned into such a disagreement that the two of them each went their different ways. Barnabas took Yohan Mark with him and sailed to Cyprus

Col 1:7:

7[ref]You all learnt that from Epaphras, our dearly loved fellow slave and who is our faithful servant of the messiah,


1:7: Col 4:12; Phm 23.

Phm 23:

23[ref]Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Yeshua the messiah, sends his greetings


23: Col 1:7; 4:12.

2Tim 4:11:

11Only Luke stayed with me. Fetch Mark on your way and bring him to me also because he’s always very helpful.[ref]


4:11: a Col 4:14; Phm 24; b Acts 12:12,25; 13:13; 15:37-39; Col 4:10; Phm 24.

2Tim 4:10:

10because Demas was attracted back to worldly things and so he left me and went to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titos went to Dalmatia.[ref]


4:10: a Col 4:14; Phm 24; b 2Cor 8:23; Gal 2:3; Tit 1:4.

Phm 24:

24[ref]as do my fellow-workers Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke.


24: a Acts 12:12,25; 13:13; 15:37-39; Col 4:10; b Acts 19:29; 27:2; Col 4:10; c Col 4:14; 2Tim 4:10; d Col 4:14; 2Tim 4:11.

Phm 2:

2[ref]as well as our sister Apphia and our fellow-soldier Archippus and to the assembly that meets in your home.


2: Col 4:17.