2014-2-27 12:45
4:1 Masters, give unto your servants that
which is just and equal;
knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
4:2 Continue in prayer,
and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
4:3 Withal 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:
4:4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
4:5 Walk in wisdom toward them
that are without,
redeeming the time.
4:6 Let your speech be alway with grace,
seasoned with salt,
that ye may know
how ye ought to answer every man.
4:7 All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you,
who is a beloved brother,
and a faithful minister
and fellowservant in the Lord:
4:8 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose,
that he might know your estate,
and comfort your hearts;
4:9 With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother,
who is one of you.
They shall make known unto you all things
which are done here.
4:10 Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you,
and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas,
(touching whom ye received commandments:
if he come unto you,
receive him;)
4:11 And 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.
4:12 Epaphras, 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.
labouring...: or, striving complete: or, filled
4:13 For I bear him record,
that he hath a great zeal for you,
and them that are in Laodicea,
and them in Hierapolis.
4:14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
4:15 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.
4:16 And 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.
4:17 And say to Archippus,
Take heed to the ministry
which thou hast received in the Lord,
that thou fulfil it.
4:18 The salutation by the hand of me Paul.
Remember my bonds.
Grace be with you. Amen.
Written from Rome to Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus.
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