Colossenes 4
1 Domini, quod iustum est et aequum, servis praestate: scientes quod et vos Dominum habetis in caelo.
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that all of you also have a Master in heaven.
2 Orationi instate, vigilantes in ea in gratiarum actione:
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
3 orantes simul et pro nobis, ut Deus aperiat nobis ostium sermonis ad loquendum mysterium Christi (propter quod etiam vinctus sum)
Likewise praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of (logos) utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
4 ut manifestem illud ita ut oportet me loqui.
That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
5 In sapientia ambulate ad eos, qui foris sunt: tempus redimentes.
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
6 Sermo vester semper in gratia sale sit conditus, ut sciatis quomodo oporteat vos unicuique respondere.
Let your (logos) speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that all of you may know how all of you ought to answer every man.
7 Quae circa me sunt, omnia vobis nota faciet Tychicus charissimus frater, et fidelis minister, et conservus in Domino:
All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord:
8 quem misi ad vos ad hoc ipsum ut cognoscat, quae circa vos sunt, et consoletur corda vestra,
Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;
9 cum Onesimo charissimo, et fideli fratre, qui ex vobis est. Qui omnia, quae hic aguntur, nota facient vobis.
With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.
10 Salutat vos Aristarchus concaptivus meus, et Marcus consobrinus Barnabae, de quo accepistis mandata: si venerit ad vos, excipite illum:
Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner salutes you, and Marcus, sister's (concerning whom all of you received commandments: if he comes unto you, receive him; )
11 et Iesus, qui dicitur Iustus: qui sunt ex circumcisione: hi soli sunt adiutores mei in regno Dei, qui mihi fuerunt solatio.
And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellow workers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me.
12 Salutat vos Epaphras, qui ex vobis est, servus Christi Iesu, semper solicitus pro vobis in orationibus, ut stetis perfecti, et pleni in omni voluntate Dei.
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that all of you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
13 Testimonium enim illi perhibeo quod habet multum laborem pro vobis, et pro iis, qui sunt Laodiciae, et qui Hierapoli.
For I bear him record, that he has a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.
14 Salutat vos Lucas medicus charissimus, et Demas.
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
15 Salutate fratres, qui sunt Laodiciae, et Nympham, et quae in domo eius est, Ecclesiam.
Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.
16 Et cum lecta fuerit apud vos epistola haec, facite ut et in Laodicensium Ecclesia legatur: et ea, quae Laodicensium est, vobis legatur.
And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that all of you likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
17 Et dicite Archippo: Vide ministerium, quod accepisti in Domino, ut illud impleas.
And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.
18 Salutatio, mea manu Pauli. Memores estote vinculorum meorum. Gratia Domini nostri Iesu Christi vobiscum. Amen.
The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
