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Col 2:1. Θέλω γὰρ, for I would) He explains, why he used the word striving, ch. Col 1:29, for, conflict, presently follows.-ἀγῶνα, a conflict) of anxiety, eager desire, prayers, with which I try to make amends for those things which I am unable in my absence to perform.-καὶ ὅσοι, and as many) Among these may be comprehended the Christians who were at Hierapolis, ch. Col 4:13. Paul constituted himself a debtor to all the Gentiles.-οὐχʼ ἑωράκασι, have not seen) For this reason Paul does not use the familiar titles, brethren, beloved, in this whole epistle, and in it alone. [Moreover, he writes to those churches which he had instructed face to face concerning their particular affairs, which were to be put to rights on his return to them; he suggests many things, and now and then uses a reproof, which savours of paternal authority. But to those places where he had not been personally present, he sent such letters as may be compared to persons preaching to strange hearers (Gastpredigten); presenting to them a compendious view of the whole doctrine of salvation. See that you have profited by both kinds of discussion.-V. g.]-τὸ πρόσωπόν μου, my face) Even the aspect of Paul had a power of comforting (παρακλῆσις), Col 2:2; Act 20:38.