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