Colossians 4:7 – Paul’s Friend

Paul hands Tychicus a letter for the Colossians.

Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. 

Summary: Paul mentions one of the men who will carry this letter to Colossae. His name is Tychicus. 

I looked up how to pronounce Tychicus’s name, and I wish I hadn’t. I had imagined that it was a name that sounded cool, and now I found out that it is completely the opposite. 

According to my source,* the real pronunciation sounds like someone saying “too” and then making a sound like coughing up a hairball, then “key,” and finally, “toss” only with a “k” instead of a “t.” (If you are serious about this kind of thing, the phonetic pronunciation is “too-khee-kos’.”)

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