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| 4:1 |
Masters, grant to your slaves justice and fairness, knowing that you too have a Master in heaven.
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| 4:2 |
Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with [an attitude of] thanksgiving;
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| 4:3 |
praying at the same time for us as well, that God may open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned;
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| 4:4 |
in order that I may make it clear in the way I ought to speak.
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| 4:5 |
Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity.
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| 4:6 |
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned, [as it were], with salt, so that you may know how you should respond to each person.
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| 4:7 |
As to all my affairs, Tychicus, [our] beloved brother and faithful servant and fellow bond-servant in the Lord, will bring you information.
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| 4:8 |
For I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know [about] our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts;
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| 4:9 |
and with him Onesimus, [our] faithful and beloved brother, who is one of your [number]. They will inform you about the whole situation here.
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| 4:10 |
Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends you his greetings; and [also] Barnabas' cousin Mark (about whom you received instructions: if he comes to you, welcome him);
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| 4:11 |
and [also] Jesus who is called Justus; these are the only fellow workers for the kingdom of God who are from the circumcision; and they have proved to be an encouragement to me.
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| 4:12 |
Epaphras, who is one of your number, a bondslave of Jesus Christ, sends you his greetings, always laboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
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| 4:13 |
For I bear him witness that he has a deep concern for you and for those who are in Laodicea and Hierapolis.
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| 4:14 |
Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and [also] Demas.
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| 4:15 |
Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea and also Nympha and the church that is in her house.
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| 4:16 |
And when this letter is read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and you, for your part read my letter [that is coming] from Laodicea.
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| 4:17 |
And say to Archippus, "Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it."
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| 4:18 |
I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my imprisonment. Grace be with you.
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