1. Masters, do that which is just and right with your slaves, knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
2. Persevere in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving,
3. praying also together for us that God would open unto us the door of the word, to speak the mystery of the Christ, for which I am also in bonds,
4. that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
5. Walk in wisdom towards outsiders, winning the occasion.
6. Let your word be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.
7. All my affairs shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother and a faithful servant and fellow slave in the Lord,
8. whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your affairs and comfort your hearts,
9. with Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all the things which are happening here.
10. Aristarchus, my fellowprisoner, salutes you, and Mark, nephew to Barnabas, (concerning whom ye have received commandments, if he comes unto you, receive him),
11. and Jesus, who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort unto me.
12. Epaphras, who is one of you, a slave of Christ, salutes you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand firm, perfect and fulfilled in all the will of God.