4:1  Masters, grant to your slaves justice and fairness, knowing that you too have a Master in heaven.

4:2  Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with {an attitude of} thanksgiving;

4:3  praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned;

4:4  that I may make it clear in the way I ought to speak.

4:5  Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity.

4:6  Let your speech always be with grace, {as though} seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.

4:7  As to all my affairs, Tychicus, {our} beloved brother and faithful servant and fellow bond-servant in the Lord, will bring you information.

4:8  {For} I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts;

4:9  and with him Onesimus, {our} faithful and beloved brother, who is one of your {number.} They will inform you about the whole situation here.

4:10  Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends you his greetings; and {also} Barnabas's cousin Mark (about whom you received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him);

4:11  and {also} Jesus who is called Justus; these are the only fellow workers for the kingdom of God who are from the circumcision, and they have proved to be an encouragement to me.

4:12  Epaphras, who is one of your number, a bondslave of Jesus Christ, sends you his greetings, always laboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.

4:13  For I testify for him that he has a deep concern for you and for those who are in Laodicea and Hierapolis.

4:14  Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and {also} Demas.

4:15  Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea and also Nympha and the church that is in her house.

4:16  When this letter is read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and you, for your part read my letter {that is coming} from Laodicea.

4:17  Say to Archippus, "Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it."

4:18  I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my imprisonment. Grace be with you.