以弗所书 6:22

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

為了這緣故，我就差他到你們那裡去，好讓你們明白我們的近況，並且叫他安慰你們的心。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
我 特 意 打 发 他 到 你 们 那 里 去 ， 好 叫 你 们 知 道 我 们 的 光 景 ， 又 叫 他 安 慰 你 们 的 心 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ Also pray for me that when I speak, God will give me words so that I can tell the secret of the Good News without fear. ²⁰ I have been sent to preach this Good News, and I am doing that now, here in prison. Pray that when I preach the Good News I will speak without fear, as I should. ²¹ I am sending to you Tychicus, our brother whom we love and a faithful servant of the Lord's work. He will tell you everything that is happening with me. Then you will know how I am and what I am doing. ²² I am sending him to you for this reason—so that you will know how we are, and he can encourage you. ²³ Peace and love with faith to you brothers and sisters from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴ Grace to all of you who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love that never ends.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Philippians 2:19, Philippians 2:25, Colossians 4:7, Colossians 4:8, 1 Thessalonians 3:2, 2 Thessalonians 2:17

Reciprocal: Acts 20:12 - were 1 Corinthians 14:3 - comfort 1 Corinthians 14:31 - all may be

Cross-References

Genesis 6:3
The Lord said, "My Spirit will not remain in human beings forever, because they are flesh. They will live only 120 years."

Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days and also later. That was when the sons of God had sexual relations with the daughters of human beings. These women gave birth to children, who became famous and were the mighty warriors of long ago.

Genesis 6:7
So the Lord said, "I will destroy all human beings that I made on the earth. And I will destroy every animal and everything that crawls on the earth and the birds of the air, because I am sorry I have made them."

Genesis 6:8
But Noah pleased the Lord .

Genesis 7:5
Noah did everything the Lord commanded him.

Genesis 7:9
came to Noah. They went into the boat in groups of two, male and female, just as God had commanded Noah.

Genesis 7:16
One male and one female of every living thing came, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind them.

Genesis 17:23
Then Abraham gathered Ishmael, all the males born in his camp, and the slaves he had bought. So that day Abraham circumcised every man and boy in his camp as God had told him to do.

Exodus 40:16
Moses did everything that the Lord commanded him.

Exodus 40:19
After that, Moses spread the cloth over the Holy Tent and put the covering over it, just as the Lord commanded.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose,.... Which shows the great concern the apostle had for the churches, being willing to inform them of everything that might be for their use and service:

that ye might know our affairs; temporal and spiritual, and not only the apostle's affairs, but the affairs of those that were with him, who were concerned in the same common cause:

and [that] he might comfort your hearts; both by such a relation, and by the ministry of the Gospel to them: believers in Christ are sometimes disconsolate, by reason of indwelling sin, Satan's temptations, the hidings of God's face, afflictions and persecutions, their own sufferings, and those of others; and it is the business of the ministers of Christ to comfort them; their commission is to speak comfortably to them; and they are qualified for it, by inward comforts in their own souls; the Gospel they preach, and the message they bring, is of a comfortable nature; the Spirit of God acts by them, and with them as a comforter; and sad indeed is the state of Zion, or the church of Christ, when it has no comforters.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whom I have sent unto you - The churches where Paul had preached, would feel a great interest in his welfare. He was a prisoner at Rome, and it was doubtful what the result would be. In this situation, he felt it proper to despatch a special messenger to give information about his condition; to state what was doing in Rome; to ask the prayers of the churches; and to administer consolation to them in their various trials. The same sentiment in regard to the embassy of Tychicus, is expressed in the Epistle to the Colossians, Colossians 4:7-8. No small part of the consolation which he would impart to them would be found in these invaluable letters which he bore to them from the apostle.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 22. Whom I have sent - for the same purpose — Namely, that the Ephesians might know his affairs, and those of the Church at Rome: messengers of this kind frequently passed between the Churches in those ancient times.

Comfort your hearts. — By showing you how powerfully he was upheld in all his tribulations, and how God turned his bonds to the furtherance of the Gospel. This must have been great consolation to all the followers of God; and particularly to those in Ephesus or Laodicea, or to whomsoever the epistle was directed. The question, To whom was it sent? is divided between the Ephesians and the Laodiceans. Dr. Lardner has argued strongly in favour of the former; Dr. Paley not less so in favour of the latter.