Epaphras

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Epaphras
     lovely, spoken of by Paul (Col. 1:7; 4:12) as "his dear
     fellow-servant," and "a faithful minister of Christ." He was
     thus evidently with him at Rome when he wrote to the Colossians.
     He was a distinguished disciple, and probably the founder of the
     Colossian church. He is also mentioned in the Epistle to


     Philemon (1:23), where he is called by Paul his
     "fellow-prisoner."
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Epaphras, covered with foam