Colossians Chapter 4
4:1 Masters, give unto
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 Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto 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 manifest, as I ought to speak.
4:5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
4:6 Let your speech
be
alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer
every man.
4:7 All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you,
who is
a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:
4:8 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your
estate, and comfort your hearts;
4:9 With 1simus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is
one
of you. They shall make known unto you all things which
are done
here.
4:10 Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to
Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive
him;)
4:11 And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only
are my
fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me.
4:12 Epaphras, who is
one
of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth 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 record, 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 Salute the brethren which 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