The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians

Chapter 4

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Col 4:1	Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Col 4:2	Continue stedfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;
Col 4:3	withal praying for us also, that God may open unto us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;
Col 4:4	that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
Col 4:5	Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
Col 4:6	Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.
Col 4:7	All my affairs shall Tychicus make known unto you, the beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord:
Col 4:8	whom I have sent you for this very purpose, that ye may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts;
Col 4:9	together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things that are done here.
Col 4:10	Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner saluteth you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (touching whom ye received commandments; if he come unto you, receive him),
Col 4:11	and Jesus that is called Justus, who are of the circumcision: these only are my fellow-workers unto the kingdom of God, men that have been a comfort unto me.
Col 4:12	Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
Col 4:13	For I bear him witness, that he hath much labor for you, and for them in Laodicea, and for them in Hierapolis.
Col 4:14	Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas salute you.
Col 4:15	Salute the brethren that are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church that is in their house.
Col 4:16	And when this epistle hath been read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye also read the epistle from Laodicea.
Col 4:17	And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
Col 4:18	The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.