Colossians 4:12

Ἐπαφρᾶς : see on Colossians 1:7. He was either a native of Colossæ or had settled there. δοῦλος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ. Paul uses this term often of himself, but of no one else except here and Philippians 1:1, where he calls himself and Timothy δοῦλοι Χ. Ἰ. Meyer and Alford connect with ὁ ἐξ ὑμ., but it is better to place a comma after ὑμῶν. πεπληροφορημένοι : see on Colossians 2:2. Usually it is translated here “fully assured”. Haupt thinks that after τέλειοι this is unsuitable. But if we translate “complete” or “filled,” this is tautological, and it is not clear that τέλ. covers full assurance. ἐν παντὶ θελήματι Θεοῦ : “in everything that God wills”. Meyer and Alford connect with σταθῆτε (or as they read στῆτε), but it is better to connect with the two participles.