Epaphras
(Greek: Ἐπαφρᾶς) was a Christian preacher who spread the
Gospel to his fellow Colossian citizens (Col. 1:7; 4:12). When
Paul was a prisoner in Rome, Epaphras came to him with a
favourable account of the Church at Colossae. He remained with
Paul in Rome and was, in a sense, his "fellow prisoner"
(Philemon 1:23). Paul bears witness to the strugg...
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Epaphras, who is [one] of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth
you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye
may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God....
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As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is
for you a faithful minister of Christ;...
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There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;...
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lovely, spoken of by Paul (Col. 1:7; 4:12) as "his dear
fellow-servant," and "a faithful minister of Christ."
He was
thus evidently with him at Rome when he wrote to the
Colossians.
He was a distinguished disciple, and probably the
founder of the
Colossian church. He is also mentioned in the Epistle
to
Philemon (1:23), where he is called b...
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Paul's "dear fellow servant, who is for you (the Colossian
Christians, Colossians 1:7) a faithful minister of Christ,"
perhaps implying Epaphras was the founder of the Colossian
church. In Philemon 1:23, "my fellow prisoner." Apprehended
possibly for his zealous labors in Asia Minor; literally,
"fellow captive" (sunaichmalootos), taken in the ...
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ep'-a-fras (Epaphras): A contracted form of Epaphroditus. He
must not, however, be confounded with the messenger of the
Philippian community. He was with Paul during a part of his
1st Roman imprisonment, joining in Paul's greetings to
Philemon (Philem 1:23). Epaphras was the missionary by whose
instrumentality the Colossians had been converted...
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A co-laborer with Paul
Col 1:7; 4:12; Phm 1:23...
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(lovely), a fellow laborer with the apostle Paul, mentioned
Col 1:7 as having taught the Colossian church the grace of God
in truth, and designated a faithful minister of Christ on
their behalf. He was at that time with St. Paul at Rome. (A.D.
57.) For Paul's estimate of him see Col 1:7,8; 4:12...
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