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Fellow Workers
Masters, grant to your slaves justice and fairness, knowing that you too have a Master in heaven.
Masters, grant to your slaves justice and fairness, knowing that you too have a Master in heaven.
Masters, be just and fair to your slaves. Remember that you also have a Master — in heaven.
Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving;
An Encouragement for Prayer
Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.
praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned;
Pray for us, too, that God will give us many opportunities to speak about his mysterious plan concerning Christ. That is why I am here in chains.
that I may make it clear in the way I ought to speak.
Pray that I will proclaim this message as clearly as I should.
Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity.
Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity.
Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.
As to all my affairs, Tychicus, our beloved brother and faithful servant and fellow bond-servant in the Lord, will bring you information.
Paul’s Final Instructions and Greetings
Tychicus will give you a full report about how I am getting along. He is a beloved brother and faithful helper who serves with me in the Lord’s work.
For I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts;
I have sent him to you for this very purpose — to let you know how we are doing and to encourage you.
and with him Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of your number. They will inform you about the whole situation here.
I am also sending Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, one of your own people. He and Tychicus will tell you everything that’s happening here.
Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends you his greetings; and also Barnabas’s cousin Mark (about whom you received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him);
Aristarchus, who is in prison with me, sends you his greetings, and so does Mark, Barnabas’s cousin. As you were instructed before, make Mark welcome if he comes your way.
and also Jesus who is called Justus; these are the only fellow workers for the kingdom of God who are from the circumcision, and they have proved to be an encouragement to me.
Jesus (the one we call Justus) also sends his greetings. These are the only Jewish believers among my co-workers; they are working with me here for the Kingdom of God. And what a comfort they have been!
Epaphras, who is one of your number, a bondslave of Jesus Christ, sends you his greetings, always laboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
Epaphras, a member of your own fellowship and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings. He always prays earnestly for you, asking God to make you strong and perfect, fully confident that you are following the whole will of God.
For I testify for him that he has a deep concern for you and for those who are in Laodicea and Hierapolis.
I can assure you that he prays hard for you and also for the believers in Laodicea and Hierapolis.
Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and also Demas.
Luke, the beloved doctor, sends his greetings, and so does Demas.
Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea and also Nympha and the church that is in her house.
When this letter is read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and you, for your part read my letter that is coming from Laodicea.
After you have read this letter, pass it on to the church at Laodicea so they can read it, too. And you should read the letter I wrote to them.
Say to Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it.”
And say to Archippus, “Be sure to carry out the ministry the Lord gave you.”