Colossians 1:7 As you also learned of Epaphras our dear fellow servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ; A dying nobleman once sent for the clergyman on whose ministry he had attended, and said to him, "Do you not know that my life has been licentious, and that I have violated the commandments of God? Yet you never warned me of my danger!" The clergyman was silent. When the nobleman repeated the question, he replied, "Yes, my lord, your manner of living was not unknown to me; but your kindness, and my fear of offending you, deterred me from reproving you." "How cruel! how wicked" said the dying man. "The provision I made for you and your family ought to have induced care and fidelity. You have neglected to warn and instruct me, and now my soul will be lost." Parallel Verses KJV: As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ; |
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