Colossians 4 King James Version 1611

From Textus Receptus

• 1 Masters, giue vnto your seruants that which is iust and equall, knowing that yee also haue a Master in heauen.
• 2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thankesgiuing:
• 3 Withall, praying also for vs, that God would open vnto vs a doore of vtterance, to speake the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
• 4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speake.
• 5 Walke in wisdome toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
• 6 Let your speech bee alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how yee ought to answere euery man.
• 7 All my state shall Tychicus declare vnto you, who is a beloued brother, and a faithfull minister, and fellow seruant in the Lord:
• 8 Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose, that hee might know your estate, and comfort your hearts.
• 9 With Onesimus a faithfull and beloued brother, who is one of you. They shall make knowen vnto you all things which are done here.
• 10 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner saluteth you, and Marcus sisters sonne to Barnabas, (touching whome yee receiued commandements; if he come vnto you, receiue him:)
• 11 And Iesus, which is called Iustus, who are of the circumcision. These onely are my fellow workers vnto the kingdome of God, which haue beene a comfort vnto me.
• 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a seruant of Christ, saluteth you, alwaies labouring feruently for you in praiers, that ye may stand perfect, and complete in all the will of God.
• 13 For I beare him record, that hee hath a great zeale for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.
• 14 Luke the beloued physician, and Demas greet you.
• 15 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, & the church which is in his house.
• 16 And when this Epistle is read amongst you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans: and that ye likewise reade the Epistle from Laodicea,
• 17 And say to Archippus, Take heede to the ministerie, which thou hast receiued in the Lord, that thou fulfill it.
• 18 The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen. Written from Rome to the Colossians, by Tychicus and Onesimus.