| Chapter 4 |
1 | Masters, do to your servants that which is just and equal: knowing that you also have a master in heaven. |
2 | Be instant in prayer; watching in it with thanksgiving: |
3 | Praying withal for us also, that God may open unto us a door of speech to speak the mystery of Christ (for which also I am bound;) |
4 | That I may make it manifest as I ought to speak. |
5 | Walk with wisdom towards them that are without, redeeming the time. |
6 | Let your speech be always in grace seasoned with salt: that you may know how you ought to answer every man. |
7 | All the things that concern me, Tychicus, our dearest brother, and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord, will make known to you, |
8 | Whom I have sent to you for this same purpose, that he may know the things that concern you, and comfort your hearts, |
9 | With Onesimus, a most beloved and faithful brother, who is one of you. All things that are done here, they shall make known to you. |
10 | Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, saluteth you, and Mark, the cousin german of Barnabus, touching whom you have received commandments; if he come unto you, receive him: |
11 | And Jesus, that is called Justus: who are of the circumcision: these only are my helpers in the kingdom of God; who have been a comfort to me. |
12 | Epaphras saluteth you, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, who is always solicitous for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect, and full in all the will of God. |
13 | For I bear him testimony that he hath much labour for you, and for them that are at Laodicea, and them at Hierapolis. |
14 | Luke, the most dear physician, saluteth you: and Demas. |
15 | Salute the brethren who are at Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church that is in his house. |
16 | And when this epistle shall have been read with you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans: and that you read that which is of the Laodiceans. |
17 | And say to Archippus: Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. |
18 | The salutation of Paul with my own hand. Be mindful of my bands. Grace be with you. Amen |