Colossians 4
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Masters, a give your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
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b Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it c with thanksgiving;
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d meanwhile praying also for us, that God would e open to us a door for the word, to speak f the mystery of Christ, g for which I am also in chains,
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that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
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h Walk in i wisdom toward those who are outside, j redeeming the time.
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Let your speech always be k with grace, l seasoned with salt, m that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
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n Tychicus, a beloved brother, faithful minister, and fellow servant in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me.
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o I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,
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with Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you all things which are happening here.
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q Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, with r Mark the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions: if he comes to you, welcome him),
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and Jesus who is called Justus. These are my only fellow workers for the kingdom of God who are of the circumcision; they have proved to be a comfort to me.
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s Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always t laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand u perfect and complete in all the will of God.
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For I bear him witness that he has a great zeal for you, and those who are in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis.
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v Luke the beloved physician and w Demas greet you.
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Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas and x the church that is in his house.
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Now when y this epistle is read among you, see that it is read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
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And say to Archippus, "Take heed to a the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it."
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b This salutation by my own hand - Paul. c Remember my chains. Grace be with you. Amen.
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Ephesians 6:9
And you, masters, do the same things to them, giving up threatening, knowing that your own Master also is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him.
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Luke 18:1
Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart.
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Colossians 2:7
Rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
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Ephesians 6:19
And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel.
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1 Corinthians 16:9
For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
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Ephesians 3:3
How that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already.
Ephesians 3:4
By which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ).
Ephesians 6:19
And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel.
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Ephesians 6:20
For which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
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Ephesians 5:15
See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise.
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Matthew 10:16
Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
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Ephesians 5:16
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
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Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up.
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Mark 9:50
"Salt is good, but if the salt loses its flavor, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace with one another."
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1 Peter 3:15
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.
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Acts 20:4
And Sopater of Berea accompanied him to Asia - also Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.
Ephesians 6:21
But that you also may know my affairs and how I am doing, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make all things known to you.
2 Timothy 4:12
And Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus.
Titus 3:12
When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.
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Ephesians 6:22
Whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our affairs, and that he may comfort your hearts.
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Acts 19:29
So the whole city was filled with confusion, and rushed into the theater with one accord, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul's travel companions.
Acts 20:4
And Sopater of Berea accompanied him to Asia - also Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.
Acts 27:2
So, entering a ship of Adramyttium, we put to sea, meaning to sail along the coasts of Asia. Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, was with us.
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Acts 15:37
Now Barnabas was determined to take with them John called Mark.
2 Timothy 4:11
Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministry.
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Colossians 1:7
As you also learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf.
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Romans 15:30
Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me.
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Matthew 5:48
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
1 Corinthians 2:6
However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
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2 Timothy 4:11
Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministry.
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2 Timothy 4:10
For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica - Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia.
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Romans 16:5
Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia to Christ.
1 Corinthians 16:19
The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you heartily in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.
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1 Thessalonians 5:27
I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read to all the holy brethren.
2 Thessalonians 3:14
And if anyone does not obey our word in this epistle, note that person and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed.
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1 Timothy 4:6
If you instruct the brethren in these things, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of faith and of the good doctrine which you have carefully followed.
2 Timothy 4:5
But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
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1 Corinthians 16:21
The salutation with my own hand - Paul's.
2 Thessalonians 3:17
The salutation of Paul with my own hand, which is a sign in every epistle; so I write.
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Hebrews 13:3
Remember the prisoners as if chained with them - those who are mistreated - since you yourselves are in the body also.
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