| 1 | Masters , give unto [your] servants that which is just and equal ; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven . |
| 2 | Continue in prayer , and watch in the same with thanksgiving ; |
| 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 : |
| 4 | That I may make it manifest , as I ought to speak . |
| 5 | Walk in wisdom toward them that are without , redeeming the time . |
| 6 | Let your speech [be] alway with grace , seasoned with salt , that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man . |
| 7 | All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you , [who is] a beloved brother , and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord : |
| 8 | Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose , that he might know your estate , and comfort your hearts ; |
| 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 . |
| 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 ;) |
| 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 . |
| 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 . |
| 13 | For I bear him record , that he hath a great zeal for you , and them [that are] in Laodicea , and them in Hierapolis . |
| 14 | Luke , the beloved physician , and Demas , greet you . |
| 15 | Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea , and Nymphas , and the church which is in his house . |
| 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 . |
| 17 | And say to Archippus , Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord , that thou fulfil it . |
| 18 | The salutation by the hand of me Paul . Remember my bonds . Grace [be] with you . Amen . from Rome to Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus > |
