Colossians 4
1Masters, grant your slaves justice and fairness, aknowing that you also have a Master in heaven. 2 bDevote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving; 3praying at the same time cfor us as well, that God will open up to us a ddoor for ethe word, so that we may proclaim fthe mystery of Christ, for which I have also gbeen imprisoned; 4that I may make it clear hin the way that I ought to proclaim it. 5 ▼▼Lit Walk
jConduct yourselves with wisdom toward koutsiders, ▼▼Lit redeeming the time
mmaking the most of the opportunity. 6 nYour speech must 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 uFor 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 is xOnesimus, our faithful and ybeloved brother, zwho is one of your own. They will inform you about the whole situation here. 10 aaAristarchus, my abfellow prisoner, sends you his greetings; and also acBarnabas’ cousin Mark (about whom you received ▼▼Or orders
instructions; aeif he comes to you, welcome him); 11and 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 own, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings, always ajstriving earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may ▼▼Or stand firm
stand ▼▼Or fully developed
ammature and ▼▼Or made complete
fully assured in all the will of God. 13For 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 arDemas does also. 15Greet the brothers and sisters who are in asLaodicea and also ▼▼Or Nymphas (masc)
Nympha and authe church that is in ▼▼One early ms 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. 17Tell bbArchippus, “See to the bcministry which you have received in the Lord, so 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.
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