1 Ustedes, amos, traten a sus siervos de manera recta y justa, reconociendo que ustedes también tienen un Amo en el cielo. 2 No olviden seguir en oración, con sus mentes alertas y en agradecimiento. 3 Oren también por nosotros para que Dios abra una puerta de oportunidad para predicar el mensaje, para hablar sobre el misterio revelado de Cristo, que es la razón por la que me encuentro prisionero aquí. 4 Oren para que pueda hablar claramente y como es debido. 5 Compórtense sabiamente con los extraños, haciendo el mejor uso de cada oportunidad. 6 Tengan gracia al hablar. Asegúrense de hablar con buen gusto, y piensen en la mejor manera de responder a todos. 7 Tíquico les dirá todo lo que me está sucediendo. Él es un hermano muy querido, un fiel ministro y compañero de trabajo en el Señor. 8 Lo envío a ustedes por esta misma razón: para que sepan cómo estoy y se animen. 9 Onésimo también va con él, un hermano de confianza y muy amado, que también es hermano de ustedes. Ellos les explicarán todo lo que está ocurriendo aquí. 10 Aristarco, quien está aquí conmigo en la prisión, les manda sus mejores deseos; del mismo modo Marcos, el primo de Bernabé (ya ustedes han recibido instrucciones para recibirlo si llega a visitarlos), 11 y Jesús—también llamado Justo—quienes son los únicos judíos cristianos entre los que trabajan conmigo aquí por el reino de Dios, y son hombres que han sido de gran ayuda para mí. 12 Epafras, que es uno de ustedes y siervo de Cristo Jesús, envía sus saludos. Él siempre ora con gran fervor por ustedes, para que se mantengan firmes a medida que crecen como cristianos, plenamente convencidos de todo, como Dios quiere. 13 Como testimonio de él puedo decirles que ha hecho mucho por ustedes, y también por los que están en Laodicea y Hierápolis. 14 Lucas, nuestro amado médico, y Demas también envían sus saludos. 15 Saluden a los creyentes que están en Laodicea. A Ninfa también, así como a la iglesia que se reúne en su casa. 16 Y cuando les hayan leído esta carta, asegúrense de que también sea leída a la iglesia de Laodicea, y que ustedes también puedan leer la carta enviada a Laodicea. 17 Díganle a Arquipo lo siguiente: “Asegúrate de llevar a cabo el ministerio que Dios te dio”. 18 Yo, Pablo, escribo mi saludo de despedida con mi propia mano. No olviden que estoy en prisión. La gracia de Dios sea con ustedes.
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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)