MASTERS, give
unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a
Master in heaven.
2 Continue in
prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
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 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 alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may
know how ye ought to answer every man.
7 All my state
shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:
8 Whom I have
sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort
your hearts;
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.
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;)
11 And Jesus,
which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellow
workers unto the kingdom of God,
which have been a comfort unto me.
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.
13 For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and
them that are in Laodicea,
and them in Hierapolis.
14 Luke, the
beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
15 Salute the
brethren which are in Laodicea,
and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.
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.
17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast
received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
18 The salutation
by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be
with you. Amen.