Colossians 4
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(Col 4:1) Masters, give unto {your} servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
(Col 4:2) Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
(Col 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:
(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} alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
(Col 4:7) All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, {who is} a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:
(Col 4:8) Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;
(Col 4:9) With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is {one} of you. They shall make known unto you all things which {are done} here.
(Col 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;)
(Col 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.
(Col 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.
(Col 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.
(Col 4:14) Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
(Col 4:15) Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.
(Col 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.
(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 by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace {be} with you. Amen.
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