4:1 Masters, do that which is just and right with your slaves, knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
4:2 Persevere in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving,
4:3 praying also together for us that God would open unto us the door of the word, to speak the mystery of the Christ, for which I am also in bonds,
4:4 that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
4:5 Walk in wisdom towards outsiders, winning the occasion.
4:6 Let your word be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.
4:7 All my affairs shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother and a faithful servant and fellow slave in the Lord,
4:8 whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your affairs and comfort your hearts,
4:9 with Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all the things which are happening here.
4:10 Aristarchus, my fellowprisoner, salutes you, and Mark, nephew to Barnabas, (concerning whom ye have received commandments, if he comes unto you, receive him),
4:11 and Jesus, who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort unto me.
4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a slave of Christ, salutes you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand firm, perfect and fulfilled in all the will of God.
4:13 For I bear witness of him, that he has a great zeal for you and those that are in Laodicea and those in Hierapolis.
4:14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
4:15 Salute the brethren who are in Laodicea and Nymphas and the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} which is in his house.
4:16 And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} of the Laodiceans, and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
4:17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to fulfil the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord.
4:18 The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
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