English Bible
Colossians 4
Big screen- 1Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that all of you also have a Master in heaven.
- 2Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
- 3Likewise 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:
- 4That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
- 5Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
- 6Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that all of you may know how all of you ought to answer every man.
- 7All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord:
- 8Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;
- 9With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.
- 10Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner salutes you, and Marcus, sister's (concerning whom all of you received commandments: if he comes unto you, receive him;)
- 11And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellow workers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me.
- 12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that all of you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
- 13For I bear him record, that he has a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.
- 14Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
- 15Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.
- 16And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that all of you likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
- 17And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.
- 18The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.