SEV Biblia, Chapter 4:12
Os saluda Epafras, el cual es de vosotros, siervo de Cristo, siempre solícito por vosotros en sus oraciones, para que estis firmes , perfectos y cumplidos en todo lo que Dios quiere.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:12
Verse 12. Epaphras, who is one of you] A native of some part of Phrygia, and probably of Colosse itself. A servant of Christ] A minister of the Gospel.
Labouring fervently for you] agwnizomenov? Agonizing; very properly expressed by our translators, labouring fervently.
That ye may stand perfect and complete] ina sthte teleioi kai peplhrmenoi. That ye may stand firm, perfectly instructed, and fully persuaded of the truth of those doctrines which have been taught you as the revealed will of God: this I believe to be the meaning of the apostle.
Instead of peplhrwmenoi, complete or filled up, almost all the MSS. of the Alexandrian rescension, which are considered the most authentic and correct, have peplhroforhmenoi, that ye may be fully persuaded. The word plhroforia signifies such a complete persuasion of the certainty of a thing, as leaves the mind which has it neither room nor inclination to doubt; and plhroforew, the verb, has the same meaning, viz., to be thus persuaded, or to persuade thus, by demonstrative argumentation and exhibition of unquestionable facts.
This is such a persuasion as the Spirit of God, by means of the Gospel, gives to every sincere and faithful man; and from which arises the solid happiness of the genuine Christian. They who argue against it, prove, at least, that they have not got it.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 12. Epaphras, who is one of you , etc.] A native of Colosse, and one of their faithful ministers; (see Colossians 1:7). A servant of Christ ; not merely in the same sense as every believer is, but as he was a preacher of the Gospel, in which he faithfully served his Lord and master, Christ: saluteth you ; sends his Christian respects to you, for whom he bore a sincere love and hearty affection, as appears by what follows: always labouring fervently for you in prayers ; in all his prayers, which were many and frequent, he never forgot his dear flock at Colosse, of which he was pastor, but strove with God for them, even to an agony, as the word signifies; he wrestled with the Lord as Jacob did, nor, as he, would he let him go without a blessing for this church; he was incessant, importunate, and fervent in prayer for them: and what he prayed in particular for them was, that ye may stand perfect ; in Christ Jesus their head, and in his spotless righteousness; (see Colossians 1:28 2:10) and continue believing in him, and looking to him for righteousness and strength, in whom all the fulness, the perfection of grace dwells; and where the saints only are, and can continue to be perfect: and complete in all the will of God ; or be filled in it, have a perfect knowledge of the revealed will of God, both as to doctrine and practice, and be enabled to act according to it.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 10-18 - Paul had differed with Barnabas, on the account of this Mark, yet he is not only reconciled, but recommends him to the churches; an example of a truly Christian and forgiving spirit. If men have been guilty of fault, it must not always be remembered against them. We must forget a well as forgive. The apostle had comfort in the communion of saints an ministers. One is his fellow-servant, another his fellow-prisoner, an all his fellow-workers, working out their own salvation, an endeavouring to promote the salvation of others. The effectual, ferven prayer is the prevailing prayer, and availeth much. The smiles flatteries, or frowns of the world, the spirit of error, or the workin of self-love, leads many to a way of preaching and living which come far short of fulfilling their ministry. But those who preach the sam doctrine as Paul, and follow his example, may expect the Divine favou and blessing __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
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Vincent's NT Word Studies
12. Laboring fervently (agwnizomenov). Rev., striving. See on ch. i. 29; ii. 1. Compare Rom. xv. 30.
Perfect (teleioi). See on 1 Cor. ii. 6, 7; ch. i. 28.
Complete (peplhroforhmenoi). See on most surely believed, Luke i. 1; and compare full assurance, ch. ii. 2. Rev., fully assured.
In all the will (en panti qelhmati). Lit., in every will. Will means the thing willed, as Luke xii. 47; Jas. v. 30; 1 Thess. v. 18. Hence used sometimes in the plural, as Acts xiii. 22, shall do all my will (qelhmata), i.e., perform all the things willed by me. Eph. ii. 3, desires, strictly willings. So here the sense is, everything willed by God. The connection is apparently with staqhte ye may stand. For a similar construction see John viii. 44; Rom. v. 2; 1 Cor. xv. 1; xvi. 13. As Meyer observes, this connection gives stand both a modal definition (perfect and fully assured) and a local definition (in all the will).
Robertson's NT Word Studies
4:12 {Epaphras who is one of you} (epafras ho ex humwn). See #1:7 for previous mention of this brother who had brought Paul news from Colossae. {Always striving for you} (pantote agwnizomenos huper hemwn). See #1:29 of Paul. {That ye may stand} (hina staqete). Final clause, first aorist passive subjunctive (according to Aleph B) rather than the usual second aorist active subjunctives (stete) of histemi (according to A C D). {Fully assured} (pepleroforemenoi). Perfect passive participle of pleroforew, late compound, for which see #Lu 1:1; Ro 14:5.
