King James Version
Colossians 4:14 in the King James Version says “Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.” — study this verse from Colossians chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.”
Colossians 4:14 · KJV
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. labouring: or, striving complete: or, filled
For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.
And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“greet”
G782to enfold in the arms, i.e., (by implication) to salute, (figuratively) to welcome
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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