Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
I have sent (epemya). Epistolary aorist active indicative of pempw as in Ephesians 6:22.
That ye may know (ina gnwte). Second aorist (ingressive) active subjunctive of ginwskw, "that ye may come to know." This the correct text, not gnw (third singular).
Our estate (ta peri hmwn). "The things concerning us."
May comfort (parakalesh). First aorist active subjunctive. Proper rendering here and not "may exhort."
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Colossians 4:8:
Ephesians 6:22
Ephesians 6:22
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