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Colossians 4:13

King James Version (KJV)

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Colossians 4:13

Verse 13 of 18

Scripture focus

For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them [that are] in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.

Colossians 4:13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Colossians 4:13

Theological / Devotional

I bear him record. Or, “I am witnessing in respect to him.”

Zeal. Gr. zelos, “generous rivalry,” “ardor in striving after something”; also “jealousy,” “indignation.” Important textual evidence may be cited (cf. p. 10) for the reading ponos, “labor,” “anguish.”

Laodicea ... Hiempolis. These two cities, one on each side of the Lycus River a few miles apart, had churches founded probably at nearly the same time as the one at Colossae, and doubtless Epaphras served them as well as the church at Colossae. Concerning Laodicea see pp. 100-102; see on Rev. 3:14.

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