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| 4:1 |
Masters, give unto [your] servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
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| 4:2 |
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
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| 4:3 |
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:
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| 4:4 |
That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
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| 4:5 |
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
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| 4:6 |
Let your speech [be] alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
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| 4:7 |
All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, [who is] a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:
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| 4:8 |
Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;
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| 4:9 |
With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is [one] of you. They shall make known unto you all things which [are done] here.
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| 4:10 |
Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)
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| 4:11 |
And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only [are my] fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me.
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| 4:12 |
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.
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| 4:13 |
For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them [that are] in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.
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| 4:14 |
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
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| 4:15 |
Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.
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| 4:16 |
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.
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| 4:17 |
And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
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| 4:18 |
The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace [be] with you. Amen. <[Written from Rome to Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus.]>
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