| 4:1 | Masters, give your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. |
| 4:2 | Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; |
| 4:3 | meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains, |
| 4:4 | that I may make it manifest, 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 | Tychicus, a beloved brother, faithful minister, and fellow servant in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me. |
| 4:8 | I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts, |
| 4:9 | with Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is [one] of you. They will make known to you all things which [are happening] here. |
| 4:10 | Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, with Mark the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions: if he comes to you, welcome 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; they have proved to be a comfort to me. |
| 4:12 | Epaphras, who is [one] of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. |
| 4:13 | For I bear him witness that he has a great zeal for you, and those who are in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis. |
| 4:14 | Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you. |
| 4:15 | Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas and the church that [is] in his house. |
| 4:16 | Now when this epistle is read among you, see that it is read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you likewise read the [epistle] from Laodicea. |
| 4:17 | And say to Archippus, "Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it." |
| 4:18 | This salutation by my own handPaul. Remember my chains. Grace [be] with you. Amen. |
Colossians 4 - New King James Version
