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Chapter 2

For I want you to know how great a struggle I am having for you and for those in Laodicea[a] and all who have not seen me face to face,

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  1. 2:1 Laodicea: chief city in Phrygia, northwest of Colossae; cf. Col 4:13, 16; Rev 3:14–22.

I want you to know how hard I am contending(A) for you and for those at Laodicea,(B) and for all who have not met me personally.

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12 Epaphras[a] sends you greetings; he is one of you, a slave of Christ [Jesus], always striving for you in his prayers so that you may be perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 4:12 Epaphras: see notes on Col 1:3–8 and Col 1:7.

12 Epaphras,(A) who is one of you(B) and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you,(C) that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature(D) and fully assured.

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13 I have the strength for everything through him who empowers me.(A)

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13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.(A)

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