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Masters, treat your slavesa justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
Further Instructions
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At the same time, pray also for us, that God may 3open to us a door for the word, 4to declare the mystery of Christ, 5on account of which I am in prison--
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that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.
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Let your speech always 8be gracious, 9seasoned with salt, 10so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
Final Greetings
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Tychicus will tell you 11all about my activities. He is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servantb in the Lord.
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I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts,
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and with him 12Onesimus, our faithful and 13beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you of everything that has taken place here.
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14Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark 15the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions--16if he comes to you, welcome him),
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and Jesus who is called 17Justus. 18These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and 19they have been a comfort to me.
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20Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always 21struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand 22mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
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For I bear him witness that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis.
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And when 26this letter has been read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you also read the letter from Laodicea.
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(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)