Colossians 4:7-9

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⁷ Tychicus [Acts 20:4; Eph. 6:21; 2 Tim. 4:12; Titus 3:12] is my ·dear [beloved] brother in Christ and a faithful ·minister [servant] and ·servant with me [fellow slave/bondservant] in the Lord. He will tell you all the things that are happening to me. ⁸ This is why I am sending him: so you may know how we are^[a] and he may encourage ·you [^Lyour hearts]. ⁹ I send him with Onesimus [Philem. 10], a faithful and ·dear [beloved] ·brother in Christ [^Lbrother], and one of your ·group [or own people; or fellow-citizens]. They will tell you all that has happened here.