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Colossians 4

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1Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. ✦ 2Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving; ✦ 3praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds; ✦ 4that I may reveal it as I ought to speak. ✦ 5Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. ✦ 6Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one. ✦ 7All my affairs will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved brother, faithful servant, and fellow bondservant in the Lord. ✦ 8I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts, ✦ 9together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you everything that is going on here. ✦ 10Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you received commandments, “if he comes to you, receive him”), ✦ 11and Jesus who is called Justus. These are my only fellow workers for God’s Kingdom who are of the circumcision, men who have been a comfort to me. ✦ 12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. ✦ 13For I testify about him, that he has great zeal for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those in Hierapolis. ✦ 14Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you. ✦ 15Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the assembly that is in his house. ✦ 16When this letter has been read among you, cause it to be read also in the assembly of the Laodiceans; and that you also read the letter from Laodicea. ✦ 17Tell Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.” ✦ 18The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand: remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Phlm 1 ·9Col 4 ·9Rom 16 ·7Eph 6 ·6Col 1 ·61 Th 5 ·6Col 2 ·52 Tim 4 ·5

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