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.
Ver. 12. Epaphras, who is one of you] See Colossians 1:7. See Trapp on " Col 1:7 " This Epaphras is thought to be the same with Epaphroditus; as Sylvanus is called Silas, and Jehoshuah is called Joshua, by an abbreviature.
Always labouring fervently] Constant and instant in prayer, according to thatColossians 4:2 .
Complete in all the will of God] Gr. πεπληρωμενοι, carried on end by it, with full career; as a ship is by a full gale.
That ye may stand perfect] In his absence especially, for then the devil is most busy, as he was with the people when Moses was but a while in the mount, Exodus 32:1,6 .