New American Standard Bible 1995

Colossians 4:7-18

7 1As to all my affairs, 2Tychicus, our 3beloved brother and faithful servant and fellow bond-servant in the Lord, will bring you information. 8 4For I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about our circumstances and that he may 5encourage your hearts; 9 6and with him 7Onesimus, our faithful and 8beloved brother, 9who is one of your number. They will inform you about the whole situation here.

10 10Aristarchus, my 11fellow prisoner, sends you his greetings; and also 12Barnabas’s cousin Mark (about whom you received 13instructions; 14if he comes to you, welcome him); 11and also Jesus who is called Justus; these are the only 15fellow workers for the kingdom of God 16who are from the circumcision, and they have proved to be an encouragement to me. 12 17Epaphras, 18who is one of your number, a bondslave of Jesus Christ, sends you his greetings, always 19laboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may 20stand 21 22perfect and 23fully assured in all the will of God. 13For I testify for him that he has 24a deep concern for you and for those who are in 25Laodicea and Hierapolis. 14 26Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and also 27Demas. 15Greet the brethren who are in 28Laodicea and also 29Nympha and 30the church that is in 31her house. 16 32When 33this letter is read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and you, for your part 34read 35my letter that is coming from 36Laodicea. 17Say to 37Archippus, “Take heed to the 38ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may 39fulfill it.”

18 40I, Paul, 41write this greeting with my own hand. 42Remember my 43 44imprisonment. 45Grace be with you.

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Notes

1. Colossians 4:7 Col 4:7-9: Eph 6:21, 22 ↩
2. Colossians 4:7 Acts 20:4; 2 Tim 4:12 ↩
3. Colossians 4:7 Eph 6:21; Col 1:7 ↩
4. Colossians 4:8 Eph 6:22 ↩
5. Colossians 4:8 Col 2:2 ↩
6. Colossians 4:9 Lit along with Onesimus ↩
7. Colossians 4:9 Philem 10 ↩
8. Colossians 4:9 Col 1:7 ↩
9. Colossians 4:9 Col 4:12 ↩
10. Colossians 4:10 Acts 19:29; 27:2; Philem 24 ↩
11. Colossians 4:10 Rom 16:7 ↩
12. Colossians 4:10 Acts 4:36; 12:12, 25; 15:37, 39 ↩
13. Colossians 4:10 Or orders ↩
14. Colossians 4:10 2 Tim 4:11 ↩
15. Colossians 4:11 Rom 16:3 ↩
16. Colossians 4:11 Acts 11:2 ↩
17. Colossians 4:12 Col 1:7; Philem 23 ↩
18. Colossians 4:12 Col 4:9 ↩
19. Colossians 4:12 Rom 15:30 ↩
20. Colossians 4:12 Or stand firm ↩
21. Colossians 4:12 Or complete or mature ↩
22. Colossians 4:12 Col 1:28 ↩
23. Colossians 4:12 Or made complete ↩
24. Colossians 4:13 Or much toil or great pain ↩
25. Colossians 4:13 Col 2:1; 4:15f ↩
26. Colossians 4:14 2 Tim 4:11; Philem 24 ↩
27. Colossians 4:14 2 Tim 4:10; Philem 24 ↩
28. Colossians 4:15 Col 2:1; 4:13, 16 ↩
29. Colossians 4:15 Or Nymphas (masc) ↩
30. Colossians 4:15 Rom 16:5 ↩
31. Colossians 4:15 One early ms reads their ↩
32. Colossians 4:16 1 Thess 5:27; 2 Thess 3:14 ↩
33. Colossians 4:16 Lit the ↩
34. Colossians 4:16 1 Thess 5:27; 2 Thess 3:14 ↩
35. Colossians 4:16 Lit the ↩
36. Colossians 4:16 Col 2:1; 4:13, 15 ↩
37. Colossians 4:17 Philem 2 ↩
38. Colossians 4:17 2 Tim 4:5 ↩
39. Colossians 4:17 Or continually fulfill ↩
40. Colossians 4:18 Lit The greeting by my hand of Paul ↩
41. Colossians 4:18 1 Cor 16:21 ↩
42. Colossians 4:18 Heb 13:3 ↩
43. Colossians 4:18 Lit bonds ↩
44. Colossians 4:18 Phil 1:7; Col 4:3 ↩
45. Colossians 4:18 1 Tim 6:21; 2 Tim 4:22; Titus 3:15; Heb 13:25 ↩

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