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Colossians 1:7

Colossians 1:7

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Epaphras: Colossians 4:12; Philemon 1:23

our: Philippians 2:19-22, Philippians 2:25

a: Numbers 12:7; Matthew 24:45, Matthew 25:21; 1 Corinthians 4:2, 1 Corinthians 4:17, 1 Corinthians 7:25; 2 Corinthians 11:23; Ephesians 5:21; 1 Timothy 4:6; 2 Timothy 2:2; Hebrews 2:17, Hebrews 3:2

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