The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000.
The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to theColossians
Colossians 4
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Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. Eph. 6.9 |
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¶ Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; |
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withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: |
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that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. |
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¶ Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Eph. 5.16 |
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Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. |
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¶ All my state shall Tych’icus Acts 20.4 · 2 Tim. 4.12 declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord: |
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whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts; Eph. 6.21, 22 |
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with Ones’imus, Phlm. 10.12 a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here. |
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¶ Aristar’chus Acts 19.29 ; 27.2 · Phlm. 24.1—0.1 my fellow prisoner saluteth you, and Mark, Acts 12.12, 25 ; 13.13 ; 15.37-39 sister’s son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;) |
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and Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellow workers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me. |
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Ep’aphras, Col. 1.7 · Phlm. 23.1—0.1 who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. |
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For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in La-odice’a, and them in Hi-erap’olis. |
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Luke, 2 Tim. 4.11 · Phlm. 24.1—0.1 the beloved physician, and Demas, 2 Tim. 4.10 · Phlm. 24.1—0.1 greet you. |
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Salute the brethren which are in La-odice’a, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house. |
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And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the La-odice’ans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from La-odice’a. |
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And say to Archip’pus, Phlm. 2.1—0.1 Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. |
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¶ The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen. |
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