| 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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| 3 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 alway 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 labouring1 fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete2 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 fulfil it.
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| 18 The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.3
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