What Does Ephesians 6:22 Mean?
Whom I have sent to you for this very thing, so that you may know the things concerning us, and so that he may comfort your hearts.
Key words are shown with the Hebrew or Greek and what each word meant.
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King James wording
King James Version
Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.THE KEY
The messenger carries more than news: the knowledge he brings is part of what steadies the heart.
THE MEANING
You are brought into knowledge of what is happening among those connected to you, and a trusted messenger’s care can comfort your heart. Knowing the state of others and being inwardly steadied arrive together.
THE ROOT
παρακαλέσῃ
parakalesē
GROWS FROM
καλέω
kaleō
to call or invite
The word translated “comfort” belongs to the same family as words for consolation and appeal. English can make comfort sound like a private feeling; this word-family shows it reaching the heart through relational care and an answering word.
ALSO GROWS
paraklēsis: consolation, comfort, or appeal
παράκλησις
It shows that the family of comfort also includes an appeal that strengthens or urges.
paraklētos: comforter, helper, or advocate
παράκλητος
This related word names one who brings the kind of support that steadies the heart.
γνῶτε
gnōte
GROWS FROM
γνω-
gnō-
to know or recognize
“know” in this verse is gnōte. This is knowing through encounter, not merely collecting information. The messenger’s report creates shared awareness, so knowing what is happening among others arrives as part of the comfort itself.
ALSO GROWS
gnōsis: knowledge
γνῶσις
It makes visible the knowledge contained in the act of coming to know.
epiginōskō: recognize or know fully
ἐπιγινώσκω
It carries the same knowing-family toward fuller recognition.
THE PATTERN
Comfort reaches the inner person through presence, care, and words that meet what is happening.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts caress my living soul.Who comforts us in all our pressure, so that we are able to comfort those in every pressure, through the same comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.May he comfort your hearts and steady you in every good work and word.THE THREAD
May he comfort your hearts and steady you in every good work and word.The same Greek verb, παρακαλέω (parakaleō), appears in both verses, joined to the heart. Ephesians shows comfort arriving through a messenger who brings knowledge; here, that comfort is linked with being established in good words and work.
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