1 Amos, den a sus siervos lo que es justo y recto, sabiendo que también ustedes tienen un Amo en el cielo. 2 Perseveren en la oración, velando en ella con acción de gracias. 3 Oren también por nosotros, para que Dios nos abra una puerta para la palabra, a fin de hablar el misterio de Cristo, por el cual también estoy preso. 4 Oren para que yo lo dé a conocer claramente, como debo hablar. 5 Anden con sabiduría hacia los de afuera, aprovechando bien el tiempo. 6 Que su palabra sea siempre con gracia, sazonada con sal, para que sepan cómo deben responder a cada uno. 7 Tíquico, amado hermano, fiel servidor y consiervo en el Señor, les dará a conocer todo acerca de mí. 8 Lo envío a ustedes precisamente para esto: para que sepan cómo estamos y para que él consuele sus corazones. 9 Lo envío con Onésimo, fiel y amado hermano, que es uno de ustedes. Ellos les darán a conocer todo lo que sucede aquí. 10 Aristarco, mi compañero de prisión, los saluda; también Marcos, primo de Bernabé, acerca de quien ya recibieron instrucciones. Si va a ustedes, recíbanlo. 11 También los saluda Jesús, llamado Justo. Estos son de la circuncisión, y son los únicos colaboradores conmigo en el reino de Dios que me han sido de consuelo. 12 Epafras, que es uno de ustedes, siervo de Cristo, los saluda. Él siempre lucha por ustedes en sus oraciones, para que estén firmes, maduros y plenamente seguros en toda la voluntad de Dios. 13 Doy testimonio de que él tiene gran celo por ustedes, por los de Laodicea y por los de Hierápolis. 14 Lucas, el médico amado, los saluda, y también Demas. 15 Saluden a los hermanos que están en Laodicea, y a Ninfas, y a la iglesia que se reúne en su casa. 16 Cuando esta carta haya sido leída entre ustedes, hagan que también se lea en la iglesia de los laodicenses; y ustedes lean también la carta que viene de Laodicea. 17 Digan a Arquipo: Mira que cumplas el ministerio que recibiste en el Señor. 18 Yo, Pablo, escribo este saludo con mi propia mano. Acuérdense de mis cadenas. La gracia sea con ustedes. Amén.
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People & places in this chapter
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Archippus
Called by Paul his fellow soldier and told to complete the ministry he received in the Lord.
Cited in the guide: Colossians 4:17; Philemon 2
Demas
A coworker of Paul who sends greetings from Rome, but later deserted him because he loved the present world.
Cited in the guide: Colossians 4:14; 2 Timothy 4:10; Philemon 24
Epaphras
A faithful minister of Christ who taught the Colossians, wrestled for them in prayer, and was Paul's fellow prisoner.
Cited in the guide: Colossians 1:7; Colossians 4:12; Philemon 23
Jesus called Justus
Named by Paul among the few Jewish believers who were his coworkers for the kingdom of God and a comfort to him.
Cited in the guide: Colossians 4:11
Luke
Paul's beloved physician and coworker who stayed with him when others had left him in his final imprisonment.
Cited in the guide: Colossians 4:14; 2 Timothy 4:11; Philemon 24
Nympha
A woman whose house hosts a church to which Paul sends greetings.
Cited in the guide: Colossians 4:15
Onesimus
A slave who became a believer through Paul in prison and whom Paul sent back to Philemon as a beloved brother.
Cited in the guide: Colossians 4:9; Philemon 10
Tychicus
A man from Asia who traveled with Paul; Paul calls him a beloved brother and faithful servant and sent him with letters to Ephesus, Colossae, and elsewhere.
Cited in the guide: Acts 20:4; Ephesians 6:21; Colossians 4:7
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ephesians 6:8–20; Revelation 17:14; Deuteronomy 24:14–15; James 2:13; Luke 16:1–13
- 2 1 Thessalonians 5:17–18; Philippians 4:6; Ephesians 6:18; Romans 12:12; Matthew 26:41
- 3 Ephesians 6:19–20; Acts 14:27; 2 Thessalonians 3:1–2; Philippians 1:13–14; 1 Corinthians 4:1
- 4 2 Corinthians 4:1–4; Ephesians 6:20; Colossians 4:6; 2 Corinthians 3:12; 2 Corinthians 2:14–17
- 5 Ephesians 5:15–17; James 3:13; James 3:17; 1 Thessalonians 4:12; Romans 16:19
- 6 Ephesians 4:29; 1 Peter 3:15; Ecclesiastes 10:12; Mark 9:50; Proverbs 15:4
- 7 Ephesians 6:21–23; Acts 20:4; 2 Timothy 4:12; Titus 3:12; 1 Corinthians 4:1–4
- 8 Ephesians 6:22; Colossians 2:2; 2 Corinthians 12:18; 1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Thessalonians 2:11
- 9 Philemon 10–19; Colossians 4:7
- 10 Acts 19:29; 2 Timothy 4:11; Philemon 24; Acts 15:37–39; Acts 27:2
- 11 Acts 11:2; Titus 1:10; Philemon 1; Romans 4:12; 2 Corinthians 6:1
- 12 Romans 15:30; Colossians 1:9; Colossians 1:28; Colossians 1:7; Philemon 23
- 13 Colossians 2:1; 2 Corinthians 8:3; Revelation 3:14–18; Romans 10:2; Revelation 1:11
- 14 Philemon 24; 2 Timothy 4:10–11
- 15 Romans 16:5; 1 Corinthians 16:9; Philemon 2
- 16 1 Thessalonians 5:27; 2 Thessalonians 3:14
- 17 Philemon 2; Acts 1:17; 1 Timothy 4:16; 2 Timothy 1:6; 1 Corinthians 4:1–2
- 18 Hebrews 13:3; 1 Timothy 6:21; 2 Timothy 4:22; 1 Corinthians 16:21; Hebrews 13:25
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What Christ said to His disciples, that doth Paul also now advise. And what did Christ say? "Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves." (Matt. x. 16.) That is, be upon your guard, giving them no handle against you.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 13 (1889)
And again he says, in the Epistle to the Colossians: "Luke, the beloved physician, greets you." But surely if Luke, who always preached in company with Paul, and is called by him "the beloved," and with him performed the work of an evangelist, and was entrusted to hand down to us a Gospel, learned nothing different from him (Paul), as …
For this very reason He Himself also discoursed much unto the Jews in parables, "because they seeing saw not." For this, Paul likewise commanded "to know how we ought to answer every man."
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)