| 1 | Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. |
| 2 | Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; |
| 3 | At the same time praying also for us, that God would open to us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: |
| 4 | That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. |
| 5 | Walk in wisdom towards them that are without, redeeming the time. |
| 6 | Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. |
| 7 | All my state shall Tychicus declare to you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord: |
| 8 | Whom I have sent to you for the same purpose, that he may know your state, and comfort your hearts; |
| 9 | With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you all things which are done here. |
| 10 | Aristarchus, my fellow-prisoner, saluteth you; and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (concerning whom ye received commandments: if he should come to you, receive him;) |
| 11 | And Jesus, who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellow-workers to the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort to me. |
| 12 | Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. |
| 13 | For I bear him testimony, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. |
| 14 | Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. |
| 15 | Salute the brethren who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house. |
| 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. |
| 17 | And say to Archippus, take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfill it. |
| 18 | The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen. |