“But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:”
Tychicus, the dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me. I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage you — the letter bearer: Tychikas, ho agapētos adelphos kai pistos diakonos ('Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant'), will inform hymēs peri emou ('you about me'), sent hina gnō ho peri hymōn ('that you may know about us').
Church Fathers on Ephesians 6:21
“But that you also may know my affairs, how I do, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things.” As soon as he had mentioned his chains, he leaves something for Tychicus also to relate to them of his own accord. For whatever topics there were of doctrine and of exhortation, all these he explained by his letter: but what were matters of bare recital, these he entrusted to the bearer of the letter. “That ye may know my…
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