4:1 | Masters, give to [your] servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. |
4:2 | Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; |
4:3 | At the same time praying also for us, that God would open to us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: |
4:4 | That I may make it clear, as I ought to speak. |
4:5 | Walk in wisdom toward them that are outside [the church], redeeming the time. |
4:6 | Let your speech [be] always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. |
4:7 | All my state shall Tychicus declare to you, [who is] a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord: |
4:8 | Whom I have sent to you for the same 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 shall make known to you all things which [are done] here. |
4:10 | Aristarchus my fellowprisoner greeteth you, and Mark, sister's son to Barnabas, (concerning whom ye received commandments: if he should come to you, receive him;) |
4:11 | And Jesus, who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only [are my] fellowworkers to the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort to me. |
4:12 | Epaphras, who is [one] of you, a servant of Christ, greeteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. |
4:13 | For I bear him witness, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them [that are] in Laodicea, and them 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 which is in his house. |
4:16 | And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the [epistle] from Laodicea. |
4:17 | And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. |
4:18 | The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace [be] with you. Amen. <<[Written from Rome to Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus.]>> |