Col 4
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Masters, render to your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that you also
have a Master in heaven.
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Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;
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withal praying 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;
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that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
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Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
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Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you
ought to answer each one.
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All my affairs shall Tychicus make known to you, the beloved brother and faithful
minister and fellow-servant in the Lord:
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whom I have sent you for this very purpose, that you may know our state, and that
he may comfort your hearts;
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together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They
shall make known to you all things that [are done] here.
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Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner salutes you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (touching
whom you received commandments; if he come to you, receive him),
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and Jesus that is called Justus, who are of the circumcision: these only [are my]
fellow-workers to the kingdom of God, men that have been a comfort to me.
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Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, salutes you, always striving
for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will
of God.
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For I bear him witness, that he has much labor for you, and for them in Laodicea,
and for them in Hierapolis.
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Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas salute you.
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Salute the brethren that are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church that is in their
house.
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And when this epistle has been read among you, cause that it be read also in the church
of the Laodiceans; and that you also read the epistle from Laodicea.
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And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord,
that you fulfill it.
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The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.