and in your giving of thanks.
004:003 And pray at the same time for us also, that God may open for us
a door for preaching, for us to tell the truth concerning
Christ for the sake of which I am even a prisoner.
004:004 Then I shall proclaim it fully, as it is my duty to do.
004:005 Behave wisely in relation to the outside world,
buying up your opportunities.
004:006 Let your language be always seasoned with the salt of grace,
so that you may know how to give every man a fitting answer.
004:007 Tychicus, our much-loved brother, a trusty assistant and fellow
servant with us in the Lord's work, will give you every
information about me.
004:008 And for this very purpose I send him to you that you may know
how we are faring; and that he may cheer your hearts.
004:009 And with him I send our dear and trusty brother Onesimus, who is
one of yourselves. They will inform you of everything here.
004:010 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner sends greeting to you, and so does
Barnabas's cousin Mark. You have received instructions as to him;
if he comes to you, give him a welcome.
004:011 Jesus, called Justus, also sends greeting. These three are
Hebrew converts. They alone among such have worked loyally
with me for the Kingdom of God--they are men who have been
a comfort to me.
004:012 Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, a bondservant of Jesus Christ,
sends greetings to you, always wrestling on your behalf
in his prayers, that you may stand firm--Christians of ripe
character and of clear conviction as to everything which
is God's will.
004:013 For I can bear witness to the deep interest he takes in you
and in the brethren at Laodicea and in those at Hierapolis.