1. Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.
2. Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
3. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
4. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should.
5. Be wise in the way you act towards outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.
6. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
7. Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord.