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and calls him a faithful deacon, and a fellow servant in the Lord, and having obtained the grace of teaching. He shows this by sending him from Rome for the exhortation of the churches, with Onesimus who was a citizen of Colossae, and appropriately sent to the Jews. Aristarchus my fellow prisoner. This is he who from Thessalonica departed with Paul. Since, therefore, he also went out with a prisoner, as one who was a captive among the Gentiles, he calls him a fellow prisoner. And Mark, the cousin of Barnabas, about whom you received commands, if he comes to you, receive him; and Jesus who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. 95.904 These only are my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort to me. And his kinship with Barnabas recommends the one named Mark. For Barnabas was better known. And he adds Jesus who is called Justus, perhaps the faithful so surnamed him out of reverence for the name of the Savior. And he says that these, being of the circumcision, are a comfort to him on account of the loss of his kinsmen. For to one who mourns for the lost, those who are saved are a consolation. Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, greets you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fulfilled in all the will of God. For I bear him witness that he has much zeal for you, and for those in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis. Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. Greet the brethren in Laodicea, and Nymphas. Kinship by race, and by country, and also by teaching, also effects something. And all these things were true of Epaphroditus with respect to the Colossians. He therefore shows the earnestness of his prayers in his account of these matters. And the church in his house. And when this epistle has been read among you, see that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans. He also exhorts that the things of piety be practiced in the homes, calling also the homes churches. And that you also read the one from Laodicea. He means the first to Timothy. Some say that it was not the one sent by Paul to them. For he does not say, the one to the Laodiceans, but the one written by them to Paul from Laodicea. And say to Archippus: "See to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it." The greeting is in my own hand, Paul's. He reminds this one, who had been commanded some diaconal care, to fulfill the command, and this in the Lord, so that nothing, neither great nor small, might be done otherwise, but according to God. Remember my chains. He is not ashamed of the chains, but even rejoices; and on account of these he knows himself to be worthy of remembrance. Grace be with you. Amen. For he knows to remind them that through this the human race has been saved. To the Colossians, written from Rome by Tychicus and Onesimus. 208 lines. 95.905

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the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, grace to you and peace from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. The Apostle, having heard that the Thessalonians were afflicted, and fearing lest they might be moved from the faith, sends Timothy to them from Athens. And when he came and reported that they were steadfast, he writes to them rejoicing. But at the same time, having heard that they had some shortcomings in their way of life, he also writes concerning these things. And this is the hypothesis of the Epistle. But the preface is from

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καὶ πιστὸν διάκονον, καὶ σύνδουλον ἐν Κυρίῳ καλεῖ, καὶ διδασκαλικῆς χάριτος τετυχηκότα. ∆είκνυσιν ἐπὶ παρακλήσει τῶν Ἐκκλησιῶν ἀποστέλλων αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῆς Ῥώμης σὺν Ὀνησίμῳ πολίτῃ Κολοσσαέων ὄντι, καὶ οἰκείως πρὸς τοὺς Ἰουδαίους ἀποστελλομένῳ. Ἀρίσταρχος ὁ συναιχμάλωτός μου. Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἐκ τῆς Θεσσαλονίκης συναπάρας τῷ Παύλῳ. Ἐπεὶ οὖν καὶ δεσμώτῃ συνεξῆλθεν, ὥσπερ αἰχμαλώτῳ παρὰ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ὄντι, συναιχμάλωτον καλεῖ. Καὶ Μάρκος ἀνεψιὸς Βαρνάβα, περὶ οὗ ἐλάβετε ἐντολὰς, ἐὰν ἔλθῃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς, δέξασθε αὐτόν· καὶ Ἰησοῦς ὁ λεγόμενος Ἰοῦστος, οἱ ὄντες ἐκ περιτομῆς. 95.904 Οὗτοι μόνοι συνεργοὶ εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, οἵτινες ἐγενήθησάν μοι παρηγορία. Καὶ ἡ πρὸς Βαρνάβαν συγγένεια συνίστησι τὸν ὀνομαζόμενον Μάρκον. Γνωριμώτερος γὰρ ὁ Βαρνάβας. Ἰησοῦν δὲ ἐπάγει τὸν λεγόμενον Ἰοῦστον, ἴσως ἐπονομαζόντων αὐτὸν οὕτω τῶν πιστῶν δι' εὐλάβειαν τὴν περὶ τὸ ὄνομα Σωτῆρος. Ἐκ περιτομῆς δὲ τούτους ὄντας, παρηγορίαν ἑαυτῷ φησιν εἶναι διὰ τὴν ἀπώλειαν τῶν συγγενῶν. Πενθοῦντι γὰρ ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀπολωλόσι, παραμύθιον οἱ σωζόμενοι. Ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς Ἐπαφρᾶς ὁ ἐξ ὑμῶν δοῦλος Χριστοῦ, πάντοτε ἀγωνιζόμενος ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἐν ταῖς προσευχαῖς, ἵνα στῆτε τέλειοι, καὶ πεπληρωμένοι ἐν παντὶ θελήματι τοῦ Θεοῦ. Μαρτυρῶ γὰρ αὐτῷ, ὅτι ἔχει ζῆλον πολὺν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, καὶ τῶν ἐν Λαοδικείᾳ, καὶ τῶν ἐν Ἱεραπόλει. Ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς Λουκᾶς ὁ ἰατρὸς ὁ ἀγαπητὸς, καὶ ∆ημᾶς. Ἀσπάζεσθε τοὺς ἐν Λαοδικείᾳ ἀδελφοὺς, καὶ Νυμφᾶν. Ἐργάζεταί τι καὶ ἡ κατὰ γένος, καὶ ἡ κατὰ πατρίδα οἰκειότης, ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἡ κατὰ τὴν διδασκαλίαν. Ταῦτα δὲ πάντα ὑπῆρχε τῷ Ἐπαφροδίτῳ πρὸς τοὺς Κολοσσαέας. Τὴν οὖν τῶν εὐχῶν σπουδὴν δείκνυσιν ἐν τῷ περὶ τούτων διηγήματι. Καὶ τὴν κατ' οἶκον αὐτοῦ Ἐκκλησίαν. Καὶ ὅταν ἀναγνωσθῇ παρ' ὑμῖν ἡ ἐπιστολὴ, ποιήσατε, ἵνα καὶ ἐν τῇ Λαοδικέων ἐκκλησίᾳ ἀναγνωσθῇ. Προτρέπει καὶ τὴν κατ' οἴκους ἀσκεῖσθαι τὰ τῆς θεοσεβείας, ἐκκλησίας καλῶν καὶ τοὺς οἴκους. Καὶ τὴν ἐκ Λαοδικείας, ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀναγνῶτε. Τὴν πρὸς Τιμόθεον πρώτην λέγει. Τινές φασιν, ὅτι οὐχὶ τὴν Παύλου πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἀπεσταλμένην. Οὐ γὰρ λέγει, τὴν πρὸς Λαοδικέας, ἀλλὰ τὴν παρ' αὐτῶν Παύλῳ ἐκ Λαοδικείας γραφεῖσαν Καὶ εἴπατε Ἀρχίππῳ· Βλέπε τὴν διακονίαν, ἣν παρέλαβες ἐν Κυρίῳ, ἵνα αὐτὴν πληροῖς. Ὁ ἀσπασμὸς τῇ ἐμῇ χειρὶ Παύλου. ∆ιακονικήν τινα φροντίδα προστεταγμένον, τοῦτον ἀναμιμνήσκει πληροῦν τὸ ἐπίταγμα, καὶ τοῦτο ἐν Κυρίῳ, ἵνα μηδὲν ἑτέρως, μήτε μέγα, μήτε μικρὸν γίνηται, ἀλλ' ἢ κατὰ Θεόν. Μνημονεύετέ μου τῶν δεσμῶν. Οὐκ αἰσχύνεται τοῖς δεσμοῖς, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀγάλλεται· καὶ τούτων ἕνεκα μνήμης ἄξιον ἑαυτὸν οἶδεν ὄντα. Ἡ χάρις μεθ' ὑμῶν. Ἀμήν. Οἶδε γὰρ ἀναμνήσων αὐτοὺς, ὅτι διὰ ταύτης σέσωσται τὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων γένος. Πρὸς Κολοσσαεῖς ἐγράφη ἀπὸ Ῥώμης διὰ Τυχικοῦ καὶ Ὀνησίμου. Στίχων σηʹ. 95.905

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Πατρὶ καὶ Κυρίῳ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ, χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς, καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Ἀκούσας ὁ Ἀπόστολος θλιβομένους Θεσσαλονικεῖς, καὶ δειλιάσας μήποτε μετατεθῶσιν ἀπὸ τῆς πίστεως, πέμπει Τιμόθεον πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τῶν Ἀθηνῶν. Ἐκείνου δὲ ἐλθόντος καὶ ἀπαγγείλαντος, ὡς εἰσὶν ἑδραῖοι, χαίρων γράφει πρὸς αὐτούς. Ἅμα δὲ ἀκούσας ὅτι περὶ τὸν βίον ἐλαττώματά τινα εἶχον, καὶ πρὸς ταῦτα γράφει. Καὶ αὕτη μὲν ἡ ὑπόθεσις τῆς Ἐπιστολῆς. Τὸ δὲ προοίμιον ἐκ