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Colossians 4:3-11

3prayingG4336 at the sameG260 timeG260 1for us as wellG2532, that GodG2316 will openG455 up to us a 2doorG2374 for 3the wordG3056, so that we may speakG2980 forthG2980 4the mysteryG3466 of ChristG5547, for whichG3739 I have alsoG2532 5been imprisonedG1210; 4that I may makeG5319 it clearG5319 6in the wayG5613 I oughtG1163 to speakG2980.

578ConductG4043 yourselvesG4043 with wisdomG4678 towardG4314 9outsidersG3588G1854, 1011makingG1805 the mostG1805 of the opportunityG2540. 612Let your speechG3056 alwaysG3842 be 13with graceG5485, as though seasonedG741 with 14saltG217, so that you will knowG3609 howG4459 you shouldG1163 15respondG611 to eachG1538 personG1520.

716As to allG3956 my affairs, 17TychicusG5190, our 18belovedG27 brotherG80 and faithfulG4103 servantG1249 and fellowG4889 bond-servantG4889 in the LordG2962, will bringG1107 you informationG1107. 819For I have sentG3992 him to you for thisG3778 veryG846 purpose, that you may knowG1097 aboutG4012 our circumstancesG3588G4012 and that he may 20encourageG3870 your heartsG2588; 921and with him 22OnesimusG3682, our faithfulG4103 and 23belovedG27 brotherG80, 24whoG3739 is one of your number. They will informG1107 you about the wholeG3956 situation hereG5602.

1025AristarchusG708, my 26fellowG4869 prisonerG4869, sendsG782 you his greetingsG782; and also 27Barnabas’sG921 cousinG431 MarkG3138 (aboutG4012 whomG3739 you receivedG2983 28instructionsG1785; 29ifG1437 he comesG2064 to you, welcomeG1209 him); 11and also JesusG2424 who is calledG3004 JustusG2459; theseG3778 are the onlyG3441 30fellowG4904 workersG4904 for the kingdomG932 of GodG2316 31who are from the circumcisionG4061, and they have provedG1096 to be an encouragementG3931 to me.

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Notes

  1. 1. Colossians 4:3 Eph 6:19 ↩
  2. 2. Colossians 4:3 Acts 14:27 ↩
  3. 3. Colossians 4:3 2 Tim 4:2 ↩
  4. 4. Colossians 4:3 Eph 3:3, 4; 6:19 ↩
  5. 5. Colossians 4:3 Eph 6:20 ↩
  6. 6. Colossians 4:4 Eph 6:20 ↩
  7. 7. Colossians 4:5 Lit Walk ↩
  8. 8. Colossians 4:5 Eph 5:15 ↩
  9. 9. Colossians 4:5 Mark 4:11 ↩
  10. 10. Colossians 4:5 Lit redeeming the time ↩
  11. 11. Colossians 4:5 Eph 5:16 ↩
  12. 12. Colossians 4:6 Eph 4:29 ↩
  13. 13. Colossians 4:6 Or gracious ↩
  14. 14. Colossians 4:6 Mark 9:50 ↩
  15. 15. Colossians 4:6 1 Pet 3:15 ↩
  16. 16. Colossians 4:7 Col 4:7-9: Eph 6:21, 22 ↩
  17. 17. Colossians 4:7 Acts 20:4; 2 Tim 4:12 ↩
  18. 18. Colossians 4:7 Eph 6:21; Col 1:7 ↩
  19. 19. Colossians 4:8 Eph 6:22 ↩
  20. 20. Colossians 4:8 Col 2:2 ↩
  21. 21. Colossians 4:9 Lit along with Onesimus ↩
  22. 22. Colossians 4:9 Philem 10 ↩
  23. 23. Colossians 4:9 Col 1:7 ↩
  24. 24. Colossians 4:9 Col 4:12 ↩
  25. 25. Colossians 4:10 Acts 19:29; 27:2; Philem 24 ↩
  26. 26. Colossians 4:10 Rom 16:7 ↩
  27. 27. Colossians 4:10 Acts 4:36; 12:12, 25; 15:37, 39 ↩
  28. 28. Colossians 4:10 Or orders ↩
  29. 29. Colossians 4:10 2 Tim 4:11 ↩
  30. 30. Colossians 4:11 Rom 16:3 ↩
  31. 31. Colossians 4:11 Acts 11:2 ↩

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