Discovery BoxColossians 1:1
Context1:1 From Paul, 1 an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
Colossians 1:3-4
Context1:3 We always 2 give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 1:4 since 3 we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.
Colossians 3:17
Context3:17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Colossians 4:12
Context4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave 4 of Christ, 5 greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured 6 in all the will of God.
[1:1] 1 tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.
[1:3] 2 tn The adverb πάντοτε (pantote) is understood to modify the indicative εὐχαριστοῦμεν (eucaristoumen) because it precedes περὶ ὑμῶν (peri Jumwn) which probably modifies the indicative and not the participle προσευχόμενοι (proseucomenoi). But see 1:9 where the same expression occurs and περὶ ὑμῶν modifies the participle “praying” (προσευχόμενοι).
[1:4] 3 tn The adverbial participle ἀκούσαντες (akousante") is understood to be temporal and translated with “since.” A causal idea may also be in the apostle’s mind, but the context emphasizes temporal ideas, e.g., “from the day” (v. 6).
[4:12] 4 tn See the note on “fellow slave” in 1:7.
[4:12] 5 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.
