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Colossians  Chapter 4    Back

{4:1} Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven
.

{4:2} Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;

{4:3} praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ
, for which I am also in bonds;

{4:4} that I may reveal it as I ought to speak.

{4:5} Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

{4:6} Let your speech always be with grace
, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

{4:7} All my affairs will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved brother
, faithful
servant, and fellow bondservant in the Lord.

{4:8} I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts
,

{4:9} together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you everything that is going on here.

{4:10} Aristarchus
, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark
, the cousin of Barnabas
(concerning whom you received commandments, "if he comes to you, receive him"),

{4:11} and Jesus
who is called Justus
. These are my only fellow workers for the Kingdom of God
who are of the circumcision
, men who have been a comfort to me.

{4:12} Epaphras
, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

{4:13} For I testify about him, that he has great zeal for you, and for those in Laodicea
, and for those in Hierapolis
.

{4:14} Luke
, the beloved physician, and Demas
greet you.

{4:15} Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the assembly that is in his house.

{4:16} When this letter has been read among you, cause it to be read also in the assembly of the Laodiceans; and that you also read the letter from Laodicea.

{4:17} Tell Archippus
, "Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it."

{4:18} The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand: remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen
.

Colossians  Chapter 4    Back