1. Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
2. Continue stedfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;
3. withal praying for us also, that God may open unto us a door for the word, 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 toward 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 each one.
7. All my affairs shall Tychicus make known unto you, the beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord: