Shared Word Translation
Colossians 4
Instructions for Households and Prayer
Masters, grant to your servants what is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving, at the same time praying also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in chains, so that I may make it clear, as I ought to speak.
Walk in wisdom toward those outside, making the most of the time. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
Final Greetings
Tychicus will make known to you all my affairs; he is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts,
together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you everything that has taken place here.
Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions—if he comes to you, welcome him), and Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only ones of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always striving on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God. For I bear him witness that he has labored much for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis.
Luke the beloved physician greets you, as does Demas. Greet the brothers and sisters in Laodicea, and Nympha and the church in her house.
And when this letter has been read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and you, in turn, read the letter from Laodicea. And say to Archippus, “See that you fulfill the ministry that you received in the Lord.”
I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.