Thematic Bible
Colossians 4:1 (show verse)
Masters, grant your slaves justice and fairness, knowing that you also have a master in heaven.
Colossians 4:2 (show verse)
Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving,
Colossians 4:3 (show verse)
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},
Colossians 4:4 (show verse)
so that I may reveal it, as it is necessary for me to speak.
Colossians 4:5 (show verse)
Live with wisdom toward those outside, making the most of the time.
Colossians 4:6 (show verse)
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.
Colossians 4:7 (show verse)
Tychicus, my dear brother and faithful servant and fellow slave in the Lord, will make known to you all {my circumstances},
Colossians 4:8 (show verse)
whom I have sent to you for this very [reason], in order that you may know {our circumstances} and he may encourage your hearts,
Colossians 4:9 (show verse)
together with Onesimus, my faithful and dear brother, who is [one] of you. They will make known to you all {the circumstances} here.
Colossians 4:10 (show verse)
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),
Colossians 4:11 (show verse)
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.
Colossians 4:12 (show verse)
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.
Colossians 4:13 (show verse)
For I testify to him that {he is working hard} on behalf of you and those in Laodicea and those in Hierapolis.
Colossians 4:14 (show verse)
Luke the physician, our dear friend, greets you, [as does] Demas.
Colossians 4:15 (show verse)
Greet the brothers in Laodicea, and Nympha and the church in her house.
Colossians 4:16 (show verse)
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.
Colossians 4:17 (show verse)
And tell Archippus, "Direct your attention to the ministry that you received in the Lord, in order that you may complete it."
Colossians 4:18 (show verse)
The greeting [is] by my hand, Paul's. Remember my {imprisonment}. Grace [be] with you.