Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving,

Live with 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 it is necessary for you to answer each one.

Tychicus, my dear brother and faithful servant and fellow slave in the Lord, will make known to you all {my circumstances},

whom I have sent to you for this very [reason], in order that you may know {our circumstances} and he may encourage your hearts,

For I testify to him that {he is working hard} on behalf of you and those in Laodicea and those in Hierapolis.

together with Onesimus, my faithful and dear brother, who is [one] of you. They will make known to you all {the circumstances} here.

and Jesus who is called Justus. These [are] the only ones who are fellow workers for the kingdom of God from the circumcision, who have been a comfort to me.

Masters, grant your slaves justice and fairness, knowing that you also have a master in heaven.

And whenever this letter is read among you, {see to it} that it is read also among the Laodicean church, and that you also read the [letter] from Laodicea.

Greet the brothers in Laodicea, and Nympha and the church in her house.

And tell Archippus, "Direct your attention to the ministry that you received in the Lord, in order that you may complete it."

The greeting [is] by my hand, Paul's. Remember my {imprisonment}. Grace [be] with you.

so that I may reveal it, as it is necessary for me to speak.

Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions--if he should come to you, welcome him),

Luke the physician, our dear friend, greets you, [as does] Demas.

Epaphras, who is [one] of you, greets you, a slave of Christ always struggling on behalf of you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

praying at the same time for us also, that God may open for us a door of the message, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which also {I am a prisoner},