| Chapter 4 |
1 |
Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. --
|
2 |
Continue stedfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving; --
|
3 |
withal praying for us also, that God may open unto us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds; --
|
4 |
that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. --
|
5 |
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. --
|
6 |
Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one. --
|
7 |
All my affairs shall Tychicus make known unto you, the beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord: --
|
8 |
whom I have sent you for this very purpose, that ye may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts; --
|
9 |
together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things that [are done] here. --
|
10 |
Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner saluteth you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (touching whom ye 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] fellow-workers unto the kingdom of God, men that have been a comfort unto me. --
|
12 |
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God. --
|
13 |
For I bear him witness, that he hath much labor for you, and for them in Laodicea, and for them in Hierapolis. --
|
14 |
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas salute you. --
|
15 |
Salute the brethren that are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church that is in their house. --
|
16 |
And when this epistle hath been read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye also read the epistle from Laodicea. --
|
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 me Paul with mine own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. --
|