Colossians 4:12-13 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers… A little before his death made a strict inquiry whether there were any persons in the city and neighbourhood still strangers to Christianity. Being told there were about seventeen in all, he sighed, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, appealed to God how much it troubled him that any of his fellow-townsmen should still remain unacquainted with salvation. (Milner.)It is said of Holy Bradford, preaching, reading, and prayer, was his whole life. "I rejoice," said Bishop Jewel, "that my body is exhausted in the labours of my holy calling."... "Let racks, fires, pulleys, and all manner of torments come, so I may win Christ," said Ignatius. (Watson.)Reinerius, their adversary, declares "that a certain Waldensian heretic, with a view of turning a person from the Catholic faith (for such he calls the Romish errors), swam over a river in the night, and in the winter, to come to him, and to teach him the novel doctrines." (Milner.) Parallel Verses KJV: Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. |
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