Colossians 4:3-18 Praying also for vs, that God may open vnto vs the doore of vtteraunce, that we may speake ye misterie of Christ, wherfore I am also in bondes

Bishops⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ Praying also for vs, that God may open vnto vs the doore of vtteraunce, that we may speake ye misterie of Christ, wherfore I am also in bondes ⁴ That I may vtter it, as I ought to speake ⁵ Walke in wisdome towarde the that are without, redeemyng the tyme ⁶ Let your speache be alway in grace, powdered with salt, to knowe howe ye ought to aunswere euery man ⁷ All my state shall Tychicus declare vnto you, [who is] a beloued brother and faythfull minister, and felowe seruaunt in the Lorde ⁸ Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same thyng, that he myght knowe your state, and comfort your heartes ⁹ With Onesimus a faythfull and beloued brother, which is of you. They shall shewe you of all thynges which [are] here ¹⁰ Aristarchus my prison felowe saluteth you, & Marcus Barnabas sisters sonne, (touchyng whom ye receaued commaundementes:) If he come vnto you, receaue hym ¹¹ And Iesus, which is called Iustus, which are of the circumcision. These only are my workefelowes vnto the kyngdome of God, which hath ben vnto my consolation ¹² Epaphras which is of you, a seruaunt of Christe, saluteth you, alwayes labouryng feruently for you in prayers, that ye may stande perfect and fylled in all the wyll of God ¹³ For I beare him recorde, that he hath a great zeale for you, and them [that are] in Laodicea, and them [that are] in Hierapolis ¹⁴ Deare Lucas the phisition greeteth you, and Demas ¹⁵ Salute the brethren [which are] in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the Churche which is in his house ¹⁶ And when the epistle is read of you, make that it be read also in the Church of the Laodiceans: and that ye likewise reade the epistle from Laodicea ¹⁷ And say to Archippus: take heede to the ministerie that thou hast receaued in the Lorde, that thou fulfyll it ¹⁸ The salutation, by the hande of me, Paul. Remember my bondes. Grace be with you. Amen