Col 4 | NASB1995 | STEP | Masters , grant to your slaves justice and fairness , knowing that you too have a Master in heaven .

Colossians 4

Fellow Workers

1 Masters, grant to your slaves justice and fairness, ^aknowing that you too have a Master in heaven.

2 ^bDevote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving; 3 praying at the same time ^cfor us as well, that God will open up to us a ^ddoor for ^ethe word, so that we may speak forth ^fthe mystery of Christ, for which I have also ^gbeen imprisoned; 4 that I may make it clear ^hin the way I ought to speak.

5 ^{▼▼ Lit Walk
,} ^jConduct yourselves with wisdom toward ^koutsiders, ^{▼▼ Lit redeeming the time
,} ^mmaking the most of the opportunity. 6 ⁿLet your speech always be ^{▼▼ Or gracious}with grace, as though seasoned with ^psalt, so that you will know how you should ^qrespond to each person.

7 ^rAs to all my affairs, ^sTychicus, our ^tbeloved brother and faithful servant and fellow bond-servant in the Lord, will bring you information. 8 ^u For I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about our circumstances and that he may ^vencourage your hearts; 9 ^{▼▼ Lit along with Onesimus}and with him ^xOnesimus, our faithful and ^ybeloved brother, ^zwho is one of your number. They will inform you about the whole situation here.

10 ^aaAristarchus, my ^abfellow prisoner, sends you his greetings; and also ^acBarnabas’s cousin Mark (about whom you received ^{▼▼ Or orders}instructions; ^aeif he comes to you, welcome him); 11 and also Jesus who is called Justus; these are the only ^affellow workers for the kingdom of God ^agwho are from the circumcision, and they have proved to be an encouragement to me. 12 ^ahEpaphras, ^aiwho is one of your number, a bondslave of Jesus Christ, sends you his greetings, always ^ajlaboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may ^{▼▼ Or stand firm}stand ^{▼▼ Or complete or mature
,} ^amperfect and ^{▼▼ Or made complete}fully assured in all the will of God. 13 For I testify for him that he has ^{▼▼ Or much toil or great pain}a deep concern for you and for those who are in ^apLaodicea and Hierapolis. 14 ^aqLuke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and also ^arDemas. 15 Greet the brethren who are in ^asLaodicea and also ^{▼▼ Or Nymphas (masc)}Nympha and ^authe church that is in ^{▼▼ One early ms reads their}her house. 16 ^awWhen ^{▼▼ Lit the}this letter is read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and you, for your part ^ayread ^{▼▼ Lit the}my letter that is coming from ^baLaodicea. 17 Say to ^bbArchippus, “Take heed to the ^bcministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may ^{▼▼ Or continually fulfill}fulfill it.”

18 ^{▼▼ Lit The greeting by my hand of Paul}I, Paul, ^bfwrite this greeting with my own hand. ^bgRemember my ^{▼▼ Lit bonds
,} ^biimprisonment. ^bjGrace be with you.