1 Masters, give your servants what is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, and be watchful in it with thanksgiving,
3 praying at the same time for us also, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds,
4 so that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
5 Walk in wisdom toward those outside, redeeming the time.
6 Let your speech always be in grace, seasoned with salt, so that you know how you should answer each one.
7 Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord, will make known to you all my affairs;
8 whom I have sent to you for this very thing, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,
9 with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you all things that are happening here.
10 Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas, about whom you received instructions (if he comes to you, welcome him),
11 and Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only ones of the circumcision who are my fellow workers for the kingdom of God; they have been a comfort to me.
12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, greets you, always laboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
13 For I bear him witness that he has great zeal for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis.
14 Luke, the beloved physician, greets you, and Demas.
15 Greet the brothers in Laodicea, and Nymphas and the church in his house.
16 And when this letter has been read among you, see that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you also read the letter from Laodicea.
17 And say to Archippus, "See to the ministry that you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it."
18 The greeting by my own hand—Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.