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ForγὰρI testifyμαρτυρῶabout himαὐτῷthatὅτιhe hasἔχειmuchπολὺνlaborπόνονforὑπὲρyouὑμῶνandκαὶfor thoseτῶνinἐνLaodiceaΛαοδικείᾳandκαὶthoseτῶνinἐνHierapolis.Ἱεραπόλει
Colossians 4:13
Study it in the app“For I testify about him that he has much labor for you and for those in Laodicea and those in Hierapolis.”
With the Greek beneath
Colossians 4:13, word by word
- I testifyμαρτυρῶmartyrō
testify
To tell what one knows or has seen.
Where else “martyrō” appears- he hasἔχειechei
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echei” appears- muchπολὺνpolyn
much
A great amount of something, like fruit or work.
Where else “polyn” appears- laborπόνονponon
toil
Great, wearying effort for others.
Where else “ponon” appears- LaodiceaΛαοδικείᾳLaodikeiai
Laodicea
See it on the mapWhere else “Laodikeiai” appears- HierapolisἹεραπόλειHierapolei
Hierapolis
Hierapolis: a city near Colossae and Laodicea.
Where else “Hierapolei” appears
Places in this verse
Laodicea
Today: Laodicea ruins, near Denizli, Turkey
A city in what is now southwest Turkey, in the Lycus River valley, near Colossae.
Paul cared about its assembly and asked that his letter be read there (Col 2:1; 4:16). Jesus rebuked it for being lukewarm (Rev 3:14-16).
The context
12Epaphras, who is one of you, a slave of the Messiah, greets you, always struggling on behalf of you in his prayers, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
13 · This verse (above)
14Luke the beloved physician greets you, and so does Demas.