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.
The
Holy Bible : King James Version. 1995. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems,
Inc.
