Common - Colossians - 4

4:1  Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

4:2  Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.

4:3  And pray for us as well, that God may open a door to us for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains,

4:4  so that I may make it clear, as I ought to speak.

4:5  Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity.

4:6  Let your speech always be full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.

4:7  Tychicus will tell you all about my affairs. He is a beloved brother, a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord.

4:8  I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts;

4:9  and with him Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of yourselves. They will tell you everything that has taken place here.

4:10  My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you his greetings, and also Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you have received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him.)

4:11  and also Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have proved to be a comfort to me.

4:12  Epaphras, who is one of your number, a servant of Jesus Christ, sends you his greetings, always laboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

4:13  I testify for him that he has worked hard for you and for those who are in Laodicea and Hierapolis.

4:14  Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.

4:15  Give my greetings to the brethren at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house.

4:16  When this letter has been read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you read the letter from Laodicea.

4:17  Say to Archippus, "See to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it."

4:18  I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.