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- 0:00SPEAKER_00: Colossians four Masters, give what is good and fair to your servants.
- 0:07SPEAKER_00: Remember that you have a master in heaven.
- 0:11SPEAKER_00: Some things to do.
- 0:13SPEAKER_00: Never stop praying.
- 0:15SPEAKER_00: Be ready for anything by praying and being thankful.
- 0:19SPEAKER_00: Also, pray for us.
- 0:21SPEAKER_00: Pray that God will give us an opportunity to tell people his message.
- 0:26SPEAKER_00: I am in prison for doing this, but pray that we can continue to tell people the secret truth that God has made known about Christ.
- 0:36SPEAKER_00: Pray that I will say what is necessary to make this truth clear to everyone.
- 0:43SPEAKER_00: Be wise in the way that you act with those who are not believers.
- 0:49SPEAKER_00: Use your time in the best way you can.
- 0:53SPEAKER_00: When you talk, you should be kind and wise, then you will be able to answer everyone in the way you should.
- 1:02SPEAKER_00: News about those with Paul Ticus is my dear brother in Christ.
- 1:11SPEAKER_00: He is a faithful helper and he serves the Lord with me.
- 1:16SPEAKER_00: He will tell you everything that is happening with me.
- 1:20SPEAKER_00: That is why I am sending him.
- 1:23SPEAKER_00: I want you to know how we are and I am sending him to encourage you.
- 1:29SPEAKER_00: I am sending him with one Simus, the faithful and dear brother from your group.
- 1:36SPEAKER_00: They will tell you everything that has happened here.
- 1:41SPEAKER_00: Aristarchus, the one here in prison with me, sends you his greetings.
- 1:47SPEAKER_00: Mark, the cousin of Barnabas, also sends his greetings.
- 1:52SPEAKER_00: I have already told you what to do about Mark.
- 1:56SPEAKER_00: If he comes, welcome him.
- 1:58SPEAKER_00: And greetings from Jesus, the one who is also called justice.
- 2:04SPEAKER_00: These who are the only Jewish believers who work with me for God's kingdom.
- 2:11SPEAKER_00: They have been a great comfort to me.
- 2:14SPEAKER_00: Epiphras, another servant of Jesus Christ from your group, sends his greetings.
- 2:21SPEAKER_00: He constantly struggles for you in prayer.
- 2:25SPEAKER_00: He prays that you will grow to be spiritually mature and have everything that God wants for you.
- 2:34SPEAKER_00: I know that he has worked hard for you and the people in Laodicea and Heropolis.
- 2:43SPEAKER_00: Greetings also from Demus and our dear friend Luke the Doctor.
- 2:48SPEAKER_00: Give our greetings to the brothers and sisters and Laodicea.
- 2:54SPEAKER_00: Greetings also to Nympha and to the church that meets in her house.
- 3:00SPEAKER_00: After this letter is read to you, be sure it is also read to the church and Laodicea.
- 3:07SPEAKER_00: As you read the letter that I wrote to them, tell Archippus, be sure to do the work the Lord gave you.
- 3:17SPEAKER_00: Here is my greeting in my own handwriting.
- 3:20SPEAKER_00: Paul, remember me in prison.
- 3:23SPEAKER_00: God's grace be with you.