Colossians, Chapter 4 Ancient Greek
5. Ἐν σοφίᾳ
περιπατεῖτε
πρὸς τοὺς ἔξω,
τὸν καιρὸν ἐξαγοραζόμενοι.
6. ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν
πάντοτε ἐν
χάριτι, ἅλατι
ἠρτυμένος, εἰδέναι
πῶς δεῖ ὑμᾶς
ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ
ἀποκρίνεσθαι.
7. Τὰ κατ' ἐμὲ
πάντα γνωρίσει
ὑμῖν Τυχικὸς ὁ
ἀγαπητὸς
ἀδελφὸς καὶ
πιστὸς
διάκονος καὶ
σύνδουλος ἐν
Κυρίῳ,
8. ὃν ἔπεμψα
πρὸς ὑμᾶς εἰς
αὐτὸ τοῦτο, ἵνα
γνῷ τὰ περὶ
ὑμῶν καὶ
παρακαλέσῃ
τὰς καρδίας
ὑμῶν,
9. σὺν Ὀνησίμῳ
τῷ πιστῷ καὶ
ἀγαπητῷ
ἀδελφῷ, ὅς ἐστιν
ἐξ ὑμῶν· πάντα
ὑμῖν
γνωριοῦσι τὰ
ὧδε.
10. Ἀσπάζεται
ὑμᾶς
Ἀρίσταρχος ὁ
συναιχμάλωτός
μου, καὶ Μᾶρκος
ὁ ἀνεψιὸς
Βαρνάβα, περὶ
οὗ ἐλάβετε ἐντολάς·
ἐὰν ἔλθῃ πρὸς
ὑμᾶς, δέξασθε
αὐτόν,
11. καὶ Ἰησοῦς ὁ
λεγόμενος
Ἰοῦστος, οἱ
ὄντες ἐκ περιτομῆς,
οὗτοι μόνοι
συνεργοὶ εἰς
τὴν βασιλείαν
τοῦ Θεοῦ,
οἵτινες
ἐγενήθησάν μοι
παρηγορία.
12. ἀσπάζεται
ὑμᾶς Ἐπαφρᾶς ὁ
ἐξ ὑμῶν, δοῦλος
Χριστοῦ,
πάντοτε
ἀγωνιζόμενος
ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἐν
ταῖς προσευχαῖς,
ἵνα στῆτε
τέλειοι καὶ
πεπληρωμένοι
ἐν παντὶ
θελήματι τοῦ
Θεοῦ·
13. μαρτυρῶ γὰρ
αὐτῷ ὅτι ἔχει
ζῆλον πολὺν
ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν καὶ
τῶν ἐν
Λαοδικείᾳ καὶ
τῶν ἐν
Ἱεραπόλει.
14. ἀσπάζεται
ὑμᾶς Λουκᾶς ὁ
ἰατρὸς ὁ
ἀγαπητὸς καὶ Δημᾶς.
15. ἀσπάσασθε
τοὺς ἐν
Λαοδικείᾳ
ἀδελφοὺς καὶ
Νυμφᾶν καὶ τὴν
κατ' οἶκον
αὐτοῦ
ἐκκλησίαν·
16. καὶ ὅταν
ἀναγνωσθῇ παρ'
ὑμῖν ἡ
ἐπιστολή,
ποιήσατε ἵνα
καὶ ἐν τῇ
Λαοδικέων
ἐκκλησίᾳ ἀναγνωσθῇ,
καὶ τὴν ἐκ
Λαοδικείας
ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς
ἀναγνῶτε.
17. καὶ εἴπατε
Ἀρχίππῳ· βλέπε
τὴν διακονίαν
ἣν παρέλαβες
ἐν Κυρίῳ, ἵνα
αὐτὴν πληροῖς.
18. Ὁ ἀσπασμὸς
τῇ ἐμῇ χειρὶ
Παύλου.
μνημονεύετέ
μου τῶν δεσμῶν.
Ἡ χάρις μεθ'
ὑμῶν· ἀμήν
Colossians, Chapter 4 (KJV)
1. Masters, give unto your servants
that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
2. Continue in prayer, and watch in the same
with thanksgiving;
3. Withal praying also for us, that God would
open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which
I am also in bonds:
4. That I may make it manifest, as I ought to
speak.
5. Walk in wisdom toward them that are without,
redeeming the time.
6. Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned
with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
7. All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you,
who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in
the Lord:
8. Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose,
that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;
9. 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. Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you,
and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments:
if he come unto you, receive him;)
11. And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are
of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of
God, which have been a comfort unto me.
12. Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of
Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that
ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
13. For I bear him record, that he hath a great
zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.
14. Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet
you.
15. Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea,
and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.
16. And when this epistle is read among you,
cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye
likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
17. And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry
which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
18. The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember
my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen. Written from Rome to Colossians by Tychicus
and Onesimus.