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Final Instructions and Greetings

¹ Masters, show to your slaves what is right and fair, ^(C1)knowing that you too have a Master in heaven.

^2 (C1)Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving;³ praying at the same time ^(C1)for us as well, that God will open up to us a ^(C2)door for ^(C3)the word, so that we may speak ^(C4)the mystery of Christ, for which I have also ^(C5)been bound,⁴ that I may make it ^(C1)manifest ^(C2)in the way I ought to speak.

^5 (C1)Walk in wisdom toward ^(C2)outsiders, ^(C3)redeeming the time.^6 (C1)Let your ^(F1)words always be ^(F2)with grace, seasoned with ^(C2)salt, so that you will know how you should ^(C3)answer each person.

^7 (C1)Tychicus, our ^(C2)beloved brother and faithful servant and fellow slave in the Lord, will make known to you ^(C3)all my affairs,^8 (C1)whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know about our circumstances and that he may ^(C2)encourage your hearts;^9 (F1)and with him ^(C1)Onesimus, our faithful and ^(C2)beloved brother, ^(C3)who is one of you. They will inform you about the whole situation here.

^10 (C1)Aristarchus, my ^(C2)fellow prisoner, sends you his greetings; and also Mark, the cousin of ^(C3)Barnabas (about whom you received ^(F1)instructions; ^(C4)if he comes to you, welcome him);¹¹ and also Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only ^(C1)fellow workers for the kingdom of God ^(C2)who are from the circumcision, and they have proved to be a comfort to me.^12 (C1)Epaphras, ^(C2)who is one of your number, a slave of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings, always ^(C3)striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand ^(F1)(C4)complete and ^(C5)fully assured in all the will of God.¹³ For I testify for him that he has ^(F1)a deep concern for you and for those who are in ^(C1)Laodicea and Hierapolis.^14 (C1)Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and also ^(C2)Demas.¹⁵ Greet the brothers who are in ^(C1)Laodicea and also ^(F1)Nympha and ^(C2)the church that is in ^(F2)her house.^16 (C1)And when ^(F1)this letter is read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and you, for your part ^(C1)read ^(F1)my letter that is coming from ^(C2)Laodicea.¹⁷ And say to ^(C1)Archippus, "Take heed to the ^(C2)ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may ^(F1)fulfill it."

^18 (C1)The greeting is in my own hand—^(F1)Paul. ^(C2)Remember my ^(C3)chains. ^(C4)Grace be with you.