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1 Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven.
1 AMOS, haced lo que es justo y derecho con vuestros siervos, sabiendo que también vosotros tenéis amo en los cielos.
2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,
2 Perseverad en oración, velando en ella con hacimiento de gracias:
3 as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
3 Orando también juntamente por nosotros, que el Señor nos abra la puerta de la palabra, para hablar el misterio de Cristo, por el cual aun estoy preso,
4 Pray that I may declare it clearly, as I should.
4 Para que lo manifieste como me conviene hablar.
5 Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
5 Andad en sabiduría para con los extraños, redimiendo el tiempo.
6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
6 Sea vuestra palabra siempre con gracia, sazonada con sal; para que sepáis cómo os conviene responder á cada uno.
7 Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a beloved brother, a faithful minister, and a fellow servant in the Lord.
7 Todos mis negocios os hará saber Tichîco, hermano amado y fiel ministro y consiervo en el Señor:
8 I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about us, and that he may encourage your hearts.
8 El cual os he enviado á esto mismo, para que entienda vuestros negocios, y consuele vuestros corazones;
9 With him I am sending Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you about everything here.
9 Con Onésimo, amado y fiel hermano, el cual es de vosotros. Todo lo que acá pasa, os harán saber.
10 My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you greetings, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas. You have already received instructions about him: If he comes to you, welcome him.
10 Aristarchô, mi compañero en la prisión, os saluda, y Marcos, el sobrino de Bernabé (acerca del cual habéis recibido mandamientos; si fuere á vosotros, recibidle),
11 Jesus, who is called Justus, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.
11 Y Jesús, el que se llama Justo; los cuales son de la circuncisión: éstos solos [son] los que me ayudan en el reino de Dios, [y] me han sido consuelo.
12 Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the full will of God.
12 Os saluda Epafras, el cual es de vosotros, siervo de Cristo, siempre solícito por vosotros en oraciones, para que estéis [firmes], perfectos y cumplidos en todo lo que Dios quiere.
13 For I testify about him that he goes to great pains for you and for those at Laodicea and Hierapolis.
13 Porque le doy testimonio, que tiene gran celo por vosotros, y por los [que están] en Laodicea, y los [que] en Hierápolis.
14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.
14 Os saluda Lucas, el médico amado, y Demas.
15 Greet the brothers in Laodicea, as well as Nympha and the church that meets at her house.
15 Saludad á los hermanos que están en Laodicea, y á Nimfas, y á la iglesia que está en su casa.
16 After this letter has been read among you, make sure that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea.
16 Y cuando esta carta fuere leída entre vosotros, haced que también sea leída en la iglesia de los Laodicenses; y la de Laodicea que la leáis también vosotros.
17 Tell Archippus: “See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.”
17 Y decid á Archîpo: Mira que cumplas el ministerio que has recibido del Señor.
18 This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.
18 La salutación de mi mano, de Pablo. Acordaos de mis prisiones. La gracia sea con vosotros. Amén. Escrita de Roma á los Colosenses; [enviada] con Tichîco y Onésimo.

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  • Archippus

    Fellow soldier of Paul

    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

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  • Demas

    Coworker of Paul

    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

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  • Epaphras

    Founder of the Colossian church

    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

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  • Luke

    Beloved physician and coworker of Paul

    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

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  • Nympha

    Host of a house church at Laodicea

    A woman whose house hosts a church to which Paul sends greetings.

    Cited in the guide: Colossians 4:15

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  • Onesimus

    Runaway slave of Philemon

    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

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  • Tychicus

    Companion and messenger of Paul

    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

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Cross references (18)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Ephesians 6:8–20; Revelation 17:14; Deuteronomy 24:14–15; James 2:13; Luke 16:1–13
  2. 2 1 Thessalonians 5:17–18; Philippians 4:6; Ephesians 6:18; Romans 12:12; Matthew 26:41
  3. 3 Ephesians 6:19–20; Acts 14:27; 2 Thessalonians 3:1–2; Philippians 1:13–14; 1 Corinthians 4:1
  4. 4 2 Corinthians 4:1–4; Ephesians 6:20; Colossians 4:6; 2 Corinthians 3:12; 2 Corinthians 2:14–17
  5. 5 Ephesians 5:15–17; James 3:13; James 3:17; 1 Thessalonians 4:12; Romans 16:19
  6. 6 Ephesians 4:29; 1 Peter 3:15; Ecclesiastes 10:12; Mark 9:50; Proverbs 15:4
  7. 7 Ephesians 6:21–23; Acts 20:4; 2 Timothy 4:12; Titus 3:12; 1 Corinthians 4:1–4
  8. 8 Ephesians 6:22; Colossians 2:2; 2 Corinthians 12:18; 1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Thessalonians 2:11
  9. 9 Philemon 10–19; Colossians 4:7
  10. 10 Acts 19:29; 2 Timothy 4:11; Philemon 24; Acts 15:37–39; Acts 27:2
  11. 11 Acts 11:2; Titus 1:10; Philemon 1; Romans 4:12; 2 Corinthians 6:1
  12. 12 Romans 15:30; Colossians 1:9; Colossians 1:28; Colossians 1:7; Philemon 23
  13. 13 Colossians 2:1; 2 Corinthians 8:3; Revelation 3:14–18; Romans 10:2; Revelation 1:11
  14. 14 Philemon 24; 2 Timothy 4:10–11
  15. 15 Romans 16:5; 1 Corinthians 16:9; Philemon 2
  16. 16 1 Thessalonians 5:27; 2 Thessalonians 3:14
  17. 17 Philemon 2; Acts 1:17; 1 Timothy 4:16; 2 Timothy 1:6; 1 Corinthians 4:1–2
  18. 18 Hebrews 13:3; 1 Timothy 6:21; 2 Timothy 4:22; 1 Corinthians 16:21; Hebrews 13:25

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary 4:5 John Chrysostom, Homilies on Colossians (Homily XI)

    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)

  2. Quotes verse 4:14 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter XIII)

    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 …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 4:6 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XXIII)

    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)