Just as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf,I hadn't realized that Paul didn't start this church. I forget where Colossi is, but apparently it wasn't along Paul's route to this point. Instead, Epaphras started this church, and now Paul is coming alongside to help strengthen it.
It's interesting how Epaphras is described here. He's first said to be a fellow bond-servant, then said to be operating on Paul's behalf. So did Paul send him to Colossi, or simply that he was acting when Paul (for whatever reason) couldn't?
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