A.T. Robertson on Comfort
“The old English word ‘comfort’ is from the Latin confortare (con, fortis) and meant originally to encourage to action, not to console in misfortune. Both ideas occur with the word in Paul’s epistles (Phil. 2:1; Col. 4:8; Eph. 4:16).”
A.T. Robertson, Paul and the Intellectuals, p. 73.
Source: Paul and the Intellectuals
It has been years since I preached through the book of Colossians and therefore years since I read through Robertson’s great commentary on that book. In preaching though Colossians this summer, I have reread this book with great appreciation. These …
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