Col4:1 Christian Graces; Final Greetings Masters, give your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.Christian Graces
Col4:2 Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;
Col4:3 meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains,
Col4:4 that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
Col4:5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
Col4:6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.Final Greetings
Col4:7 Tychicus, a beloved brother, faithful minister, and fellow servant in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me.
Col4:8 I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,
Col4:9 with Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you all things which are happening here.
Col4:10 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, with Mark the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions: if he comes to you, welcome him),
Col4:11 and Jesus who is called Justus. These are my only fellow workers for the kingdom of God who are of the circumcision; they have proved to be a comfort to me.
Col4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
Col4:13 For I bear him witness that he has a great zeal for you, and those who are in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis.
Col4:14 Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you.
Col4:15 Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas and the church that is in his house.Closing Exhortations and Blessing
Col4:16 Now when this epistle is read among you, see that it is read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
Col4:17 And say to Archippus, "Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it."
Col4:18 This salutation by my own hand--Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you. Amen.