Parallel Verses
Twentieth Century New Testament
I, Paul, add this greeting in my own handwriting. Remember these chains of mine. God's blessing 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.
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.
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.
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 Give this message to Archippus--'Take care to discharge to the best of your ability the office to which you were appointed in the Master's Cause.' 18 I, Paul, add this greeting in my own handwriting. Remember these chains of mine. God's blessing be with you.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Corinthians 16:21
I, Paul, add this greeting in my own handwriting.
1 Timothy 6:21
for there are those who, while asserting their proficiency in it, have yet, as regards the Faith, gone altogether astray. God bless you all.
2 Timothy 4:22
May the Lord be with your soul. God bless you all.
Hebrews 13:3
Remember the prisoners, as if you were their fellow-prisoners, and the oppressed, not forgetting that you also are still in the body.
Hebrews 13:25
May God bless you all.
Titus 3:15
All who are with me here send you their greeting. Give my greeting to our friends in the Faith. God bless you all.
Romans 16:20
And God, the giver of peace, will before long crush Satan under your feet. May the blessing of Jesus, our Lord, be with you.
Romans 16:23
My host Gaius, who extends his hospitality to the whole Church, sends you his greeting; and Erastus, the City Treasurer, and Quartus, our Brother, add theirs.
2 Corinthians 13:14
May the blessing of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion with the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
Philippians 1:7
And, indeed, I am justified in feeling thus about you all; because you have a warm place in my heart--you who all, both in my imprisonment and in the work of defending and establishing the Good News, shared my privilege with me.
Colossians 4:3
And at the same time pray for us, that God may give us an opening for our Message, so that we may speak of the truths hidden in the Christ--the truths for which I am in chains!
2 Thessalonians 3:17
I, Paul, add this greeting in my own handwriting. It is my signature to every letter. This is how I write.
2 Timothy 1:8
Do not, therefore, be ashamed of the testimony which we have to bear to our Lord, nor yet of me who am a prisoner for him; but join with me in suffering for the Good News, as far as God enables you.