Colossians 4:8 · KJV
“Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;”
— Colossians 4:8
All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, {who is} a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:
With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is {one} of you. They shall make known unto you all things which {are done} here.
Colossians 4 — Context
Let your speech {be} alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
7All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, {who is} a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:
8Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;
9With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is {one} of you. They shall make known unto you all things which {are done} here.
10Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)
Cross References
Ephesians 6:22
Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and {that} he might comfort your hearts.
Colossians 2:2
That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
2 Thessalonians 2:17
Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. {comfort: or, exhort}
1 Thessalonians 3:2
And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
1 Thessalonians 3:5
For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
Isaiah 40:1
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all {men}. {exhort: or, beseech} {unruly: or, disorderly}