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1 - Masters, deal justly and equitably with your slaves, knowing that you too have a Master in Heaven.

2 - Be earnest and unwearied in prayer, being on the alert in it and in your giving of thanks.

3 - And pray at the same time for us also, that God may open for us a door for preaching, for us to tell the truth concerning Christ for the sake of which I am even a prisoner.

4 - Then I shall proclaim it fully, as it is my duty to do.

5 - Behave wisely in relation to the outside world, buying up your opportunities.

6 - Let your language be always seasoned with the salt of grace, so that you may know how to give every man a fitting answer.

7 - Tychicus, our much-loved brother, a trusty assistant and fellow servant with us in the Lord's work, will give you every information about me.

8 - And for this very purpose I send him to you that you may know how we are faring; and that he may cheer your hearts.

9 - And with him I send our dear and trusty brother Onesimus, who is one of yourselves. They will inform you of everything here.

10 - Aristarchus my fellow prisoner sends greeting to you, and so does Barnabas's cousin Mark. You have received instructions as to him; if he comes to you, give him a welcome.

11 - Jesus, called Justus, also sends greeting. These three are Hebrew converts. They alone among such have worked loyally with me for the Kingdom of God--they are men who have been a comfort to me.

12 - Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, sends greetings to you, always wrestling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand firm--Christians of ripe character and of clear conviction as to everything which is God's will.

13 - For I can bear witness to the deep interest he takes in you and in the brethren at Laodicea and in those at Hierapolis.

14 - Luke, the dearly-loved physician, salutes you, and so does Demas.

15 - Christian greetings to the brethren at Laodicea, especially to Nymphas, and to the Church that meets at their house.

16 - And when this Letter has been read among you, let it be read also in the Church of the Laodiceans, and you in turn must read the one I am sending to Laodicea.

17 - And tell Archippus to discharge carefully the duties devolving upon him as a servant of the Lord.

18 - I Paul add with my own hand this final greeting. Be mindful of me in my imprisonment. Grace be with you.