Charles Ellicott Commentary Colossians 4:7-8

"All my affairs shall Tychicus make known unto you, the beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord: whom I have sent you for this very purpose, that ye may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts;" — Colossians 4:7-8 (ASV)

These verses present an almost exact verbal coincidence with Ephesians 6:21-22, on which see Notes. In the following verses, however, the particularity and detail of this Epistle stand in marked contrast with the brief generality of Ephesians 6:23-24. Remembering that the two Epistles were sent at the same time, and that Ephesus was a church far better known than Colossæ, we cannot help but regard this as supporting the idea of an encyclical character in our Epistle to the Ephesians.