Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
I, Paul, give you this word of love in my handwriting. Keep in memory that I am a prisoner. Grace be with you.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
Holman Bible
This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. Remember my imprisonment.
International Standard Version
This greeting is written with my own signature "Paul." Remember that I remain imprisoned. May grace be with you! Amen.
A Conservative Version
The salutation of Paul by my hand. Remember my bonds. Grace is with you. Truly.
American Standard Version
The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.
Amplified
I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. May grace (God’s unmerited favor and blessing) be with you.
An Understandable Version
This greeting [is being written] by me, Paul, in my own handwriting. Remember my imprisonment. [Note: This was probably a request for them to pray for him]. May God's favor be with you.
Anderson New Testament
The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
Common New Testament
I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.
Daniel Mace New Testament
have received from the Lord. I Paul salute you, and this salutation I write with my own hand. remember my bonds. grace be with you. AMEN.
Darby Translation
The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.
Godbey New Testament
Salutation of me Paul with my own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.
Goodspeed New Testament
This farewell is in my own hand, from Paul. Remember that I am in prison. God bless you.
John Wesley New Testament
The salutation of me Paul by my own hand. Be mindful of my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
Julia Smith Translation
The greeting of Paul by my hand. Remember my bonds. Grace with you. Amen.
King James 2000
The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The greeting [is] by my hand, Paul's. Remember my {imprisonment}. Grace [be] with you.
Modern King James verseion
The salutation of Paul, by my own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The salutation by the hand of me, Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you, Amen. {Sent from Rome by Tychicus and Onesimus.}
Moffatt New Testament
This salutation is in my own hand, from Paul. 'Remember I am in prison. Grace be with you.'
Montgomery New Testament
I, Paul, add this farewell in my own handwriting. Do not forget these chains of mine. Grace be with you.
NET Bible
I, Paul, write this greeting by my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.
New Heart English Bible
The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand: remember my bonds. Grace be with you.
Noyes New Testament
The salutation by the hand of me, Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.
Sawyer New Testament
The salutation with my hand, Paul's. Remember my bonds. The grace be with you.
The Emphasized Bible
The salutation of me Paul, with my own hand: - keep in mind my bonds. Favour be with you!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
The salutation of Paul with mine own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you. Amen.
Twentieth Century New Testament
I, Paul, add this greeting in my own handwriting. Remember these chains of mine. God's blessing be with you.
Webster
The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
Weymouth New Testament
I Paul add with my own hand this final greeting. Be mindful of me in my imprisonment. Grace be with you.
Williams New Testament
This farewell greeting is in my own hand, from Paul. Remember that I am still a prisoner. Spiritual blessing be with you.
World English Bible
The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand: remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
Worrell New Testament
The salutation, with my hand, of Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.
Worsley New Testament
The salutation of me Paul, with my own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
Youngs Literal Translation
The salutation by the hand of me, Paul; remember my bonds; the grace is with you. Amen.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Colossians 4:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Final Greeting And Benediction
17 Say to Archippus, See that you do the work which the Lord has given you to do. 18 I, Paul, give you this word of love in my handwriting. Keep in memory that I am a prisoner. Grace be with you.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Corinthians 16:21
I, Paul, send you these words of love in my writing.
1 Timothy 6:21
Through which some, who gave their minds to it, have been turned away from the faith. Grace be with you.
2 Timothy 4:22
The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.
Hebrews 13:3
Keep in mind those who are in chains, as if you were chained with them, and those who are in trouble, as being yourselves in the body.
Hebrews 13:25
May grace be with you all.
Titus 3:15
All who are with me send you their love. Give our love to our friends in the faith. Grace be with you all.
Romans 16:20
And the God of peace will be crushing Satan under your feet before long. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Romans 16:23
Gaius, with whom I am living, whose house is open to all the church, sends his love, so does Erastus, the manager of the accounts of the town, and Quartus, the brother.
2 Corinthians 13:14
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the harmony of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
Philippians 1:7
So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.
Colossians 4:3
And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;
2 Thessalonians 3:17
These words of love to you at the end are in my writing, Paul's writing, and this is the mark of every letter from me.
2 Timothy 1:8
Have no feeling of shame, then, for the witness of our Lord or for me, his prisoner: but undergo all things for the good news in the measure of the power of God;