Col 1:7. Καθὼς, even as) Paul thus confirms and approves the doctrine of Epaphras, which perhaps some had despised. It was Paul’s duty to write rather than Epaphras.-ἡμῶν, our) Paul and Timothy.-ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν) for you, on your account.-ἀγάπην ἑν Πνεύματι, love in the Spirit) Love, the fruit of the Spirit; spiritual love; comp. Col 1:9, at the end.