Persevere in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving,

Walk in wisdom towards outsiders, winning the occasion.

Let your word be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

All my affairs shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother and a faithful servant and fellow slave in the Lord,

whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your affairs and comfort your hearts,

For I bear witness of him, that he has a great zeal for you and those that are in Laodicea and those in Hierapolis.

with Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all the things which are happening here.

and Jesus, who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort unto me.

Masters, do that which is just and right with your slaves, knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the congregation of the Laodiceans, and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.

Salute the brethren who are in Laodicea and Nymphas and the congregation which is in his house.

And say to Archippus, Take heed to fulfil the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord.

The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.

that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

Aristarchus, my fellowprisoner, salutes you, and Mark, nephew to Barnabas, (concerning whom ye have received commandments, if he comes unto you, receive him),

Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.

Epaphras, who is one of you, a slave of Christ, salutes you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand firm, perfect and fulfilled in all the will of God.

praying also together for us that God would open unto us the door of the word, to speak the mystery of the Christ, for which I am also in bonds,