Colossians 4:9

4:9 I sent him ¹  with Onesimus, the faithful and dear brother, who is one of you. ²  They will tell ³  you about everything here.

Colossians 2:19

2:19 He has not held fast ⁴  to the head from whom the whole body, supported ⁵  and knit together through its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God. ⁶ 

Colossians 4:12

4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave ⁷  of Christ, ⁸  greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured ⁹  in all the will of God.

[4:9]  ¹ tn The Greek sentence continues v. 9 with the phrase “with Onesimus,” but this is awkward in English, so the verb “I sent” was inserted and a new sentence started at the beginning of v. 9 in the translation.

[4:9]  ² tn Grk “is of you.”

[4:9]  ³ tn Grk “will make known to you.” This has been simplified in the translation to “will tell.”

[2:19]  ⁴ tn The Greek participle κρατῶν (kratwn) was translated as a finite verb to avoid an unusually long and pedantic sentence structure in English.

[2:19]  ⁵ tn See BDAG 387 s.v. ἐπιχορηγέω 3.

[2:19]  ⁶ tn The genitive τοῦ θεοῦ (tou qeou) has been translated as a genitive of source, “from God.”

[4:12]  ⁷ tn See the note on “fellow slave” in 1:7.

[4:12]  ⁸ 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.

[4:12]  ⁹ tn Or “filled.”