1 Vosotros Señores, haced con vuestros siervos, lo que es de justicia y equidad, sabiendo que también teneis Señor en el cielo. 2 Perseverad en oración, velando en ella con hacimiento de gracias: 3 Orando también por nosotros, para que Dios nos abra la puerta de la palabra para anunciar el mysterio de Christo, por el qual todavía estoy preso, 4 Y que lo pueda manifestar así como es necesario que yo hable. 5 Conducíos en sabiduría con aquellos que están fuera, redimiendo el tiempo. 6 Vuestra conversacion sea siempre sazonada con gracia, con sal, para que sepáis, cómo debéis responder á cada uno. 7 Mi muy amado hermano Tychîco, fiel ministro y consiervo mio en el Señor, os hará saber el estado de todas mis cosas, 8 Al qual os he enviado expresamente para que sepa el estado de vuestras cosas, y consuele vuestros corazones, 9 Juntamente con Onesimo mi muy amado, y fiel hermano, que es de vosotros ellos os informarán de todo lo que aquí se hace. 10 Os saluda Aristarchô, que es mi compañero en la prision, y Márcos, primo de Bernabé, sobre el que os tengo ya hechos mis encargos: si fuere á vosotros, recibidle: 11 Y Jesús que se llama Justo: los quales son de la circuncisión: estos son los que me ayudan en el reyno de Dios, y han sido mi consuelo. 12 Os saluda Epaphras, que es de vosotros, siervo de Jesu-Christo, siempre solícito por vosotros en sus oraciones, para que seáis perfectos, y cumplidos en toda voluntad de Dios. 13 Porque le doy éste testimonio, que tiene mucho trabajo por vosotros, y por los que están en Laodicéa, y por los que están en Hierápolis. 14 El muy amado Lucas Médico os saluda, y también Demas. 15 Saludad á los hermanos que están en Laodicéa, y á Nymphas y á la Iglesia que está en su casa. 16 Y leida que fuere ésta carta entre vosotros, hacedla leer también en la Iglesia de los Laodicenses: y leed vosotros la de los de Laodicéa. 17 Y decid á Archîppo: Mira, que cumplas el ministerio que has recibido del Señor. 18 La salutacion de mi mano, Pablo. Acordaos de mis prisiones. La gracia sea con vosotros. Amén.
Colossians · Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
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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)
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- 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)