| Chapter
4 |
| 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. |
