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Eph_6:22. Ἔπεμψα πρὸς ὑμᾶς ] namely, that he should travel from Colossae to you, Col_4:7-9. See Introd. § 2.
εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο ] in this very design. See on Eph_6:18, and Bornemann, ad Xen. Mem. iii. 12. 2; Pflugk, ad Eur. Androm. 41.
ἵνα γνῶτε τὰ περὶ ἡμῶν ] must on account of εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο necessarily convey the same thing as was said by ἵνα εἰδῆτε τὰ κατʼ ἐμέ , τί πράσσω , Eph_6:21; hence the conjecture of Rückert, ἵνα γνῷ τε τὰ περὶ ὑμῶν , is entirely baseless; and at Col_4:8 also we have, in accordance with preponderant evidence, to read ἵνα γνῶτε τὰ περὶ ἡμῶν .
By ἡμῶν Paul means himself and those that are with him (see Col_4:10 ff.; Phm_1:10 f., 23 ff.), concerning whom information was likewise reserved for the report of Tychicus.
παρακαλέσῃ ] might comfort. For Tychicus had to tell of sufferings and afflictions which Paul must needs endure (comp. Eph_6:20), and on account of them the readers were called μὴ ἐκκακεῖν , Eph_3:13. Amplifications of the notion (Rückert: “to elevate by address to them of every kind;” Baumgarten-Crusius: to strengthen; comp. Estius, who proposes exhortetur) are arbitrary.