Colossians 4:1-13 ▼

1 MASTERS, afford to your servants that which is just, and an equivalent, knowing that ye also have a Master in the heavens.

2 Persevere in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;

3 praying also at the same time for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, that I may speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains:

4 that I may make it evident, as I ought to speak.

5 Walk wisely with regard to those without, redeeming the time.

6 Let your discourse be always gracious, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to reply to every man.

7 All my affairs will Tychicus make known unto you, a beloved brother, and faithful minister, and fellow-servant in the Lord:

8 whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that he might know your affairs, and comfort your hearts;

9 with Onesimus, that faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you: they will make known unto you all things that have passed here.

10 There salute you Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner, and Mark nephew to Barnabas, concerning whom ye have received injunctions; if he come unto you, receive him,

11 and Jesus, who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellow-labourers for the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort to me.

12 Epaphras, one of you, saluteth you, a servant of Christ, always wrestling for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

13 For I bear him witness that he hath great zeal for you, and for those in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis.