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Colossians 4 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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Col 4:1 - Masters, treat your bondservants[fn] justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

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Col 4:2 - Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.

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Col 4:3 - At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison—

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Col 4:4 - that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.

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Col 4:5 - Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time.

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Col 4:6 - Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

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(cf. Eph 6:21, 22 )

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Col 4:7 - Tychicus will tell you all about my activities. He is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant[fn] in the Lord.

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Col 4:8 - I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts,

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Col 4:9 - and with him Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you of everything that has taken place here.

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Col 4:10 - Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions—if he comes to you, welcome him),

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Col 4:11 - and Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.

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Col 4:12 - Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

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Col 4:13 - For I bear him witness that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis.

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Col 4:14 - Luke the beloved physician greets you, as does Demas.

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Col 4:15 - Give my greetings to the brothers[fn] at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house.

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Col 4:16 - And when this letter has been read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you also read the letter from Laodicea.

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Col 4:17 - And say to Archippus, “See that you fulfill the ministry that you have received in the Lord.”

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Col 4:18 - I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.

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ESV Footnotes

(4:1)

For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; likewise for servant in verse 12

(4:7)

For the contextual rendering of the Greek word sundoulos, see Preface

(4:15)

Or brothers and sisters

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