Colossians 4
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Prayerful Speech and Actions

1Ye masters do vnto youre servauntes that which is iust and egall seinge ye knowe that ye also have a master in heven.

2Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thankes 3gevynge prayenge also for vs that God open vnto vs the dore of vtteraunce that we maye speake the mistery of Christ wherfore I am in bondes: 4yt I maye vtter it as it becometh me to speake.

5Walke wysely to them that are with out and redeme ye tyme. 6Let youre speache be all wayes well favoured and be powdred with salt that ye maye know how to answer every ma.

Greetings from Paul’s Fellow Workers
(Romans 16:21–23)

7The deare brother Tichicos shall tell you of all my busynes which is a faythfull minister and felowe servaunt in the Lorde 8whom I have sent vnto you for the same purpose that he myght knowe how ye do and myght comfort youre hertes 9wt one Onesimus a faythfull and a beloved brother which is one of you. They shall shewe you of all thinges which are adoynge here.

10Aristarchus my preson felowe saluteth you and Marcus Barnabassis systers sonne: touchinge whom ye receaved commaundementes. Yf he come vnto you receave him: 11and Iesus which is called Iustus which are of the circumcision. These only are my workefelowes vnto the kyngdome of God which were vnto my consolacion. 12Epaphras the servaut of Christ which is one of you saluteth you and all wayes laboreth fervently for you in prayers that ye maye stonde perfect and full in all that is the will of God. 13I beare him recorde that he hath a fervet mynde towarde you and towarde them of Laodicia and them of Hierapolis. 14Deare Lucas the Phisicion greteth you and Demas.

Signature and Final Instructions
(1 Corinthians 16:19–24; 2 Thessalonians 3:16–18)

15Salute the brethren which are of Laodicia and salute Nymphas and the congregacio which is in his housse.

16And whe the pistle is reed of you make that it be reed in the congregacion of the Laodicians also: and that ye lyke wyse reade ye epistle of Laodicia. 17And saye to Archippus: take hede to the office that thou hast receaved in the Lorde that thou fulfill it.

18The salutacion by the honde of me Paul. Remember my bondes. Grace be with you. Amen.


Tyndale Bible of 1526

Section Headings Courtesy Berean Bible

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