1: Masters, give unto your servants that which is just
and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. |
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2: 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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4: That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
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5: Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the
time. |
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6: 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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7: All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved
brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord: |
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8: Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might
know your estate, and comfort your hearts; |
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9: With Onesimus, 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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10: Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus,
sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he
come unto you, receive him;) |
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11: And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the
circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God,
which have been a comfort unto me. |
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12: Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth
you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand
perfect and complete in all the will of God. |
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13: For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and
them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. |
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14: Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
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15: Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and
the church which is in his house. |
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16: And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be
read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the
epistle from Laodicea. |
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17: And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou
hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfill it. |
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18: The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds.
Grace be with you. Amen. |