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Colossae District
| Name | EPAPHRAS OF COLOSSAE |
| Aliases | THE FAITHFUL MINISTER / WHO LABORED IN PRAYER |
| Status | LIVING (AT LAST RECORD) / FELLOW PRISONER OF PAUL |
| Birth | 1st Century AD | Marks & Identifiers | NONE RECORDED |
| Place of Birth | COLOSSAE | Hair | DARK |
| Tribe | GENTILE BELIEVER | Eyes | DARK |
| Parentage | UNRECORDED | People | GENTILE / CHRISTIAN |
| Occupation | MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL | Species | HUMAN |
| Affiliation | CHURCHES OF THE LYCUS VALLEY | Calling | A SERVANT WHO WRESTLED IN PRAYER |
| Primary Mission | ESTABLISH THE CHURCHES OF COLOSSAE | Known Signs | THE GOSPEL BROUGHT HOME / THE STRUGGLE IN PRAYER |
| Covenant Role | FAITHFUL MINISTER ON THEIR BEHALF | Divine Access | BONDSERVANT OF CHRIST - COL 4:12 |
| Divine Encounter Level | NONE RECORDED | Classification | MINISTER / INTERCESSOR |
| Covenant Status | FAITHFUL IN CHRIST | Known Miracles | NONE RECORDED |
| Divine Commission | PLANTED THE COLOSSIAN CHURCH | Threat Assessment | SHARED PAUL'S IMPRISONMENT |
| Mission Status | FAITHFUL MINISTER | Archive Category | INTERCESSION / FAITHFULNESS |
How Paul described his praying: ALWAYS STRUGGLING ON YOUR BEHALF IN HIS PRAYERS
What he prayed for them: THAT YOU MAY STAND MATURE AND FULLY ASSURED IN ALL THE WILL OF GOD
The subject was a native of Colossae and, by Paul's account, the one from whom the believers there had learned the gospel, a beloved fellow servant and a faithful minister of Christ on their behalf.
It was he who had made known to Paul the Colossians' love in the Spirit, carrying word of their faith to the apostle and, it seems, planting the churches of the Lycus Valley at Colossae, Laodicea, and Hierapolis.
Paul bore witness that the subject worked hard for these churches and was always struggling on their behalf in his prayers, wrestling that they might stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
In the letter to Philemon, Paul names the subject as his fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, one who shared the cost of the gospel and the confinement of the apostle.
The record holds him up as a model of intercession and faithful care, a minister who labored less in the sight of men than on his knees for the people God had given him.
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- Faithful ministry labors most where no one sees, in prayer.
- To wrestle in prayer for others is a work of true love.
- God plants His church through humble, devoted servants.
