Colossians 4:8 Cross References - NSB

⁸ I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know our situation, and that he may comfort your hearts.

¹ »Comfort, comfort my people,« says your God.

² To proclaim the favorable Year of Jehovah and the day of vengeance of our God. To comfort all who mourn, ³ to present a garland, instead of ashes, to those who mourn in Zion, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and the mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. They will be called oaks of righteousness. They are the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.

¹⁷ I send Timothy, my beloved son faithful in the Lord, to you for this purpose. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ, just as I teach it in every congregation.

⁷ To the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excess sorrow.

⁴ He comforts us in all our trouble, that we may be able to comfort those who also have trouble, through the comfort with which we are comforted from God.

²⁸ I have sent him quickly, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

¹⁸ I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus gain you? Did we not conduct ourselves in the same mental disposition? Did we not walk in the same steps?

²² I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts.

² I do this that they may be filled with courage and be united (knit) together in love. I have the full assurance that only true understanding brings. In this way they will accurately know God’s secret, which is Christ himself.

¹¹ You know how we dealt with each one of you. It was like a father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging and showing you.

² So we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s fellow worker in the good news of Christ. He came to strengthen and encourage you concerning your faith.

⁵ For this cause, when I could no longer bear it, I inquired about your faith. I feared that the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor would be in vain.

¹⁸ Comfort one another with these words.

¹¹ Comfort each other and strengthen one another as you are doing.

¹⁴ We ask you brothers to warn the unruly and comfort the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient with all men.

¹⁷ comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good word and work.