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56 lines
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## Final Instructions and Greetings
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###### 1
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Masters, show to your slaves what is right and fair, knowing that you too have a Master in heaven.
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###### 2
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Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving;
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###### 3
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praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been bound,
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###### 4
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that I may make it manifest in the way I ought to speak.
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###### 5
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Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
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###### 6
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Let your words always be with grace, seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should answer each person.
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###### 7
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Tychicus, _our_ beloved brother and faithful servant and fellow slave in the Lord, will make known to you all my affairs,
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whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know about our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts;
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###### 9
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and with him Onesimus, _our_ faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will inform you about the whole situation here.
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###### 10
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Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends you his greetings; and _also_ Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him);
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and _also_ Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only fellow workers for the kingdom of God who are from the circumcision, and they have proved to be a comfort to me.
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###### 12
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Epaphras, who is one of your number, a slave of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand complete and fully assured in all the will of God.
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###### 13
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For I testify for him that he has a deep concern for you and for those who are in Laodicea and Hierapolis.
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###### 14
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Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and _also_ Demas.
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Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea and also Nympha and the church that is in her house.
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And when this letter is read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and you, for your part read my letter _that is coming_ from Laodicea.
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###### 17
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And say to Archippus, "Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it."
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###### 18
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The greeting is in my own hand--Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.
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