Colossians 3:18-4:18 - Jon B

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Colossians 3:18–4:18 (ESV)
Colossians 3:18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 
Colossians 3:19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. 
Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. 
Colossians 3:21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. 
Colossians 3:22 Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 
Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 
Colossians 3:24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. 
Colossians 3:25 For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality. 
Colossians 4:1 Masters, treat your bondservants justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. 
Colossians 4:2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. 
Colossians 4:3 At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison— 
Colossians 4:4 that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak. 
Colossians 4:5 Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. 
Colossians 4:6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. 
Colossians 4:7 Tychicus will tell you all about my activities. He is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. 
Colossians 4:8 I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts, 
Colossians 4:9 and with him Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you of everything that has taken place here. 
Colossians 4:10 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions—if he comes to you, welcome him), 
Colossians 4:11 and Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me. 
Colossians 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God. 
Colossians 4:13 For I bear him witness that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis. 
Colossians 4:14 Luke the beloved physician greets you, as does Demas. 
Colossians 4:15 Give my greetings to the brothers at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house. 
Colossians 4:16 And when this letter has been read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you also read the letter from Laodicea. 
Colossians 4:17 And say to Archippus, “See that you fulfill the ministry that you have received in the Lord.” 
Colossians 4:18 I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.