LEB - Colossians - 4

4:1  Masters, grant your slaves justice and fairness, knowing that you also have a master in heaven.

4:2  Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving,

4:3  praying at the same time for us also, that God may open for us a door of the message, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which also ⌞I am a prisoner⌟,

4:4  so that I may reveal it, as it is necessary for me to speak.

4:5  Live with wisdom toward those outside, making the most of the time.

4:6  Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how it is necessary for you to answer each one.

4:7  Tychicus, my dear brother and faithful servant and fellow slave in the Lord, will make known to you all ⌞my circumstances⌟,

4:8  whom I have sent to you for this very reason, in order that you may know ⌞our circumstances⌟ and he may encourage your hearts,

4:9  together with Onesimus, my faithful and dear brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you all ⌞the circumstances⌟ here.

4:10  Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions—if he should come to you, welcome him),

4:11  and Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only ones who are fellow workers for the kingdom of God from the circumcision, who have been a comfort to me.

4:12  Epaphras, who is one of you, greets you, a slave of Christ always struggling on behalf of you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

4:13  For I testify to him that ⌞he is working hard⌟ on behalf of you and those in Laodicea and those in Hierapolis.

4:14  Luke the physician, our dear friend, greets you, as does Demas.

4:15  Greet the brothers in Laodicea, and Nympha and the church in her house.

4:16  And whenever this letter is read among you, ⌞see to it⌟ that it is read also among the Laodicean church, and that you also read the letter from Laodicea.

4:17  And tell Archippus, “Direct your attention to the ministry that you received in the Lord, in order that you may complete it.”

4:18  The greeting is by my hand, Paul’s. Remember my ⌞imprisonment⌟. Grace be with you.