1. Masters, give the things that are good and fair to your slaves. Remember that you have a Master in heaven.
2. Continue praying and keep alert. And when you pray, always thank God.
3. Also pray for us. Pray that God will give us an opportunity to tell people his message. Pray that we can preach the secret truth that God has made known about Christ. I am in prison because I preach this truth.
4. Pray that I can speak in a way that will make it clear as I should.
5. Be wise in the way you act with people who are not believers. Use your time in the best way you can.
6. When you talk, you should always be kind and wise. Then you will be able to answer everyone in the way you should.
7. Tychicus is my dear brother in Christ. He is a faithful minister and servant with me in the Lord. He will tell you all the things that are happening to me.
8. That is why I am sending him. I want you to know how we are. I am sending him to encourage you.
9. I send him with Onesimus. Onesimus is a faithful and dear brother in Christ. He is one of your group. They will tell you all that has happened here.
10. Aristarchus greets you. He is a prisoner with me. And Mark, the cousin of Barnabas, also greets you. (I have already told you what to do about Mark. If he comes, welcome him.)
11. Jesus, who is called Justus, also greets you. These are the only Jewish believers who work with me for the kingdom of God. They have been a comfort to me.
12. Epaphras also greets you. He is a servant of Jesus Christ. And he is from your group. He always prays for you. He prays that you will grow to be spiritually mature and have everything that God wants for you.
13. I know that he has worked hard for you and the people in Laodicea and in Hierapolis.
14. Demas and our dear friend Luke, the doctor, greet you.
15. Greet the brothers in Laodicea. And greet Nympha and the church that meets in her house.
16. After this letter is read to you, be sure that it is also read to the church in Laodicea. And you read the letter that I wrote to Laodicea.
17. Tell Archippus, “Be sure to do the work the Lord gave you.”