Prayerful Speech and Actions
1Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.+ 2Continue stedfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;+ 3withal praying for us also, that God may open unto us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;+ 4that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.+ 5Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.+ 6Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.+Greetings from Paul’s Fellow Workers
7All my affairs shall Tychicus make known unto you, the beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord:+ 8whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that ye may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts;+ 9together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things that [are done] here.+ 10Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner saluteth you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (touching whom ye received commandments; if he come unto you, receive him),+ 11and Jesus that is called Justus, who are of the circumcision: these only [are my] fellow-workers unto the kingdom of God, men that have been a comfort unto me.+ 12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.+ 13For I bear him witness, that he hath much labor for you, and for them in Laodicea, and for them in Hierapolis.+ 14Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas salute you.+Signature and Final Instructions
1 Corinthians 16:19–24; 2 Thessalonians 3:16–18
15Salute the brethren that are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church that is in their house.+ 16And when this epistle hath been read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye also read the epistle from Laodicea.+ 17And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.+ 18The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.+