1. You masters, supply your servants with what is just and equitable, knowing that you, too, have a Master in heaven.
2. Pursue prayer. Be watchful in prayer with acts of thanksgiving.
3. Pray together, for us also, so that God may open a door of speech to us, so as to speak the mystery of Christ, (because of which, even now, I am in chains)
4. so that I may manifest it in the manner that I ought to speak.
5. Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming this age.
6. Let your speech be ever graceful, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to respond to each person.
7. As for the things that concern me, Tychicus, a most beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord, will make everything known to you.
8. I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that he may know the things that concern you, and may console your hearts,
9. with Onesimus, a most beloved and faithful brother, who is from among you. They shall make known to you everything that is happening here.
10. Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, as does Mark, the near cousin of Barnabas, about whom you have received instructions, (if he comes to you, receive him)