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Chapter 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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2 | Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with
thanksgiving; |
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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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That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. |
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Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. |
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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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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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| 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.
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| 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. |
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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. |
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| 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. |
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The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.
Amen. |
