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# our beloved ... our behalf ... to us
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The words "our" and "us" do not include the Colossians. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]])
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# gospel as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who
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"gospel. It is exactly what you learned from Epaphras, who is our beloved fellow servant and who" or "gospel. It is exactly what Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, taught you. He"
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# Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf
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Here "on our behalf" means that Epaphras was doing work for Christ that Paul himself would have done if he were not in prison.
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# Epaphras
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the man who preached the gospel to the people in Colossae (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# your love in the Spirit
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Paul speaks of the Holy Spirit as if he were a place in which the believers were located. AT: "how the Holy Spirit has enabled you to love believers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/faithful]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/love]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/holyspirit]]
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