Col 4
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Masters, provide to your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing that you also
have a Master in [the] heavens.
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Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;
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praying at the same time also for us, that God would open a door for the word, to
speak the mystery of Christ, because of which I am also in chains,
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that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
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Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
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Let your word always be with grace, having been seasoned with salt, to know how you
ought to answer each [one].
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Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister, and fellow servant in the Lord,
will tell you all things about me.
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I am sending him to you for this very thing, that he may know your circumstances,
and he may encourage your hearts,
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with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make
known to you all the things[ happening] here.
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Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, with Mark the cousin of Barnabas (about
whom you received instructions: if he comes to you, receive him),
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and Jesus who is called Justus. These alone are my fellow workers for the kingdom
of God who are of the circumcision; they have proved to be a comfort to me.
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Epaphras greets you, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, always struggling
for you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and complete in all the will of
God.
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For I bear him witness that he has much zeal for you, and those in Laodicea, and those
in Hierapolis.
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Luke the beloved physician greets you, also Demas.
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Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas and the church in his house.
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And whenever this letter is read before you, see that it is also read in the church
of the Laodiceans, and that you also read the [one] from Laodicea.
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And say to Archippus, "Take heed to the ministry which you received in the Lord, that
you fulfill it."
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This greeting [is] by my [own] hand-Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you. Amen.