Col 4:12-14 | NET2full | STEP | Epaphras , who is one of you and a slave of Christ , greets you . He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf , so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God .

‏ Colossians 4:12-14

12 Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave ^{▼▼tn See the note on “fellow slave” in 1:7.} of Christ, ^{▼▼tc ‡ Strong Alexandrian testimony, along with some other witnesses, suggests that ᾿Ιησοῦ (Iēsou, “Jesus”) follows Χριστοῦ (Christou, “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 (P46 D F G Ψ 075 1505 1739 1881 Maj it sy Ambst Hier), cutting across all major textual groups. There can be little motivation for omitting the name of Jesus; hence, the shorter reading is judged to be that of the initial text. NA28 has ᾿Ιησοῦ in brackets, indicating some doubts as to its authenticity.} greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured ^{▼▼tn Or “filled.”} in all the will of God. 13 For I can testify that he has worked hard ^{▼▼tn Grk “pain.” This word appears only three times in the NT outside of this verse (Rev 16:10, 11; 21:4) where the translation “pain” makes sense. For the present verse it has been translated “worked hard.” See BDAG 852 s.v. πόνος 1.} for you and for those in Laodicea and Hierapolis. 14 Our dear friend Luke the physician and Demas ^{▼▼sn Demas is most likely the same individual mentioned in Phlm 24 and 2 Tim 4:10. Apparently, he later on abandoned the faith because of his love of the world.} greet you.