Colossians 4

1Masters, give unto {your} servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.● 2Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;● 3Withal 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:● 4That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.● 5Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.● 6Let your speech {be} alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.● 7All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, {who is} a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:● 8Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;● 9With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is {one} of you. They shall make known unto you all things which {are done} here.● 10Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)● 11And 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.● 12Epaphras, 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. {labouring...: or, striving} {complete: or, filled}● 13For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them {that are} in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.● 14Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.● 15Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.● 16And 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.● 17And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.● 18The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace {be} with you. Amen. «{Written from Rome to Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus.}»●