Colossians 4 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Fellow Workers

Col 4:1Masters, grant to your slaves justice and fairness, knowing that you too have a Master in heaven.

Col 4:2Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving;

Col 4:3praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned;

Col 4:4

Col 4:4that I may make it clear in the way I ought to speak.

Col 4:5

Col 4:5 [fn]Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, [fn]making the most of the opportunity.

Col 4:6

Col 4:6Let your speech always be [fn]with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.

(cf. Eph 6:21, 22 )

Col 4:7

Col 4:7As to all my affairs, Tychicus, our beloved brother and faithful servant and fellow bond-servant in the Lord, will bring you information.

Col 4:8

Col 4:8For I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts;

Col 4:9

Col 4:9 [fn]and with him Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of your number. They will inform you about the whole situation here.

Col 4:10

Col 4:10Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends you his greetings; and also Barnabas’s cousin Mark (about whom you received [fn]instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him);

Col 4:11

Col 4:11and also Jesus who is called Justus; these are the only fellow workers for the kingdom of God who are from the circumcision, and they have proved to be an encouragement to me.

Col 4:12

Col 4:12Epaphras, who is one of your number, a bondslave of Jesus Christ, sends you his greetings, always laboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may [fn]stand [fn]perfect and [fn]fully assured in all the will of God.

Col 4:13

Col 4:13For I testify for him that he has [fn]a deep concern for you and for those who are in Laodicea and Hierapolis.

Col 4:14

Col 4:14Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and also Demas.

Col 4:15

Col 4:15Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea and also [fn]Nympha and the church that is in [fn]her house.

Col 4:16

Col 4:16When [fn]this letter is read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and you, for your part read [fn]my letter that is coming from Laodicea.

Col 4:17

Col 4:17Say to Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may [fn]fulfill it.”

Col 4:18

Col 4:18 [fn]I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my [fn]imprisonment. Grace be with you.

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NASB95 Footnotes

(4:5)

Literally: Walk

(4:5)

Literally: redeeming the time

(4:6)

Or, gracious

(4:9)

Literally: along with Onesimus

(4:10)

Or, orders

(4:12)

Or, stand firm

(4:12)

Or, complete or mature

(4:12)

Or, made complete

(4:13)

Or, much toil or great pain

(4:15)

Or, Nymphas (masc)

(4:15)

One early ms reads their

(4:16)

Literally: the

(4:17)

Or, continually fulfill

(4:18)

Literally: The greeting by my hand of Paul

(4:18)

Literally: bonds

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