συνεργός

Romans 16:3 συνεργούς fellow workers

Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,

Romans 16:9 συνεργὸν fellow worker

Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys.

Here: Someone who shares the work. For Paul it means a partner in spreading and building up the gospel communities. He uses the same word for Prisca and Aquila (16:3) and Timothy (16:21). It names a partner, not an assistant.

Romans 16:21 συνεργός fellow worker

Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you greetings, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow countrymen.

Here: Paul's term for people who share his missionary work as partners, not as assistants or employees. Prisca and Aquila got the same title in 16:3.

1 Corinthians 3:9 συνεργοί· fellow workers;

For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

Here: People who work together on a shared task. Here it means workers on God's project. Whether the stress falls on working alongside God or alongside each other in God's employ is debated (see debates).

2 Corinthians 1:24 συνεργοί fellow workers

Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.

Here: "Co-workers" or "fellow labourers", one of Paul's favourite words for those who serve with him in the gospel. The prefix syn- ("with") does not say with whom. Most likely he means Paul and his team (Silvanus and Timothy, 1:19), possibly working together with God. "With you" is a translator's addition.

2 Corinthians 8:23 συνεργός· a fellow worker;

As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.

Philippians 2:25 συνεργὸν fellow worker

But I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my needs.

Here: A partner in the same work. For Paul this is the work of spreading and building up the gospel. It is his regular word for colleagues such as Timothy, Prisca and Aquila, and Euodia and Syntyche (4:3).

Philippians 4:3 συνεργῶν of [the] fellow workers

Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have contended at my side for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

Here: Paul's regular word for his mission partners, such as Timothy, Titus, Prisca and Aquila, and Epaphroditus (2:25).

Colossians 4:11 συνεργοὶ fellow workers

Jesus, who is called Justus, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.

Here: Paul's favourite word for his mission partners (Prisca and Aquila, Timothy, Titus, Philemon). It means people who share the actual labour, not just sympathisers.

1 Thessalonians 3:2 συνεργὸν fellow worker

We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,

Here: Someone who works alongside others on a shared task. Paul's favourite word for his mission partners (Romans 16:3, 9, 21; Philippians 2:25). Paired with 'of God', it is a remarkably high way to describe Timothy.

Philemon 1:1 συνεργῷ fellow worker

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker,

Here: 'Fellow worker' is Paul's regular word for people who share his mission work (Prisca and Aquila, Timothy, Titus, Epaphroditus). It treats Philemon as a partner on the same level, not as a subordinate or a mere donor.

Philemon 1:24 συνεργοί fellow workers

as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

Here: Literally 'with-workers': partners who share a task. Paul uses it for people who worked alongside him in spreading and building up the gospel communities. In verse 1 he gives the same title to Philemon himself.

3 John 1:8 συνεργοὶ fellow workers

Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

Here: 'Fellow workers'. Paul's usual word for his mission partners. A host who never travels still becomes a real partner in the mission, not a bystander who merely donates.