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[1]Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
[2]Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
[3]At the same time praying also for us, that God would open to us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
[4]That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
[5]Walk in wisdom towards them that are without, redeeming the time.
[6]Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
[7]All my state shall Tychicus declare to you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord:
[8]Whom I have sent to you for the same purpose, that he may know your state, and comfort your hearts;
[9]With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you all things which are done here.
[10]Aristarchus, my fellow-prisoner, saluteth you; and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (concerning whom ye received commandments: if he should come to you, receive him;)
[11]And Jesus, who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellow-workers to the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort to me.
[12]Epaphras, 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.
[13]For I bear him testimony, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.
[14]Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
[15]Salute the brethren who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.
[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.
[17]And say to Archippus, take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfill it.
[18]The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
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