1 You masters, treat your servants in a way that is right and fair, recognizing that you too have a Master in heaven. 2 Remember to keep on praying, with an alert and thankful mind! 3 Pray for us too that God may open a door of opportunity to spread the message, to tell about the revealed mystery of Christ—which is the reason I'm here in prison. 4 Pray that I may make it as clear as I should when I speak. 5 Behave wisely with outsiders, making the best use of every opportunity. 6 Always be gracious when you speak. Make sure it's in good taste, and think about how best to answer everyone. 7 Tychicus will tell you all about what's happening to me. He's a dear brother, a trustworthy minister and co-worker in the Lord. 8 I'm sending him to you for this very reason—so that you'll know how things are with me and this will cheer you up. 9 Onesimus is going with him too, a trusted and dear brother, who's one of you. They'll explain to you everything that's going on here. 10 Aristarchus who's with me here in prison sends his best wishes; likewise Mark, Barnabas' cousin (you've already had instructions to welcome him if he visits you), 11 and Jesus—also called Justus—who are the only Jewish Christians among those working with me here for the kingdom of God, men who have been a great help to me. 12 Epaphras who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends his greetings. He's always passionate in his prayers on your behalf, praying that you'll stand firm as grown-up Christians, totally convinced about everything as God would want. 13 For the record I can tell you that he's done a lot for you, and for those in Laodicea and Hierapolis as well. 14 Luke, our dear doctor, and Demas also send their best. 15 Greet the believers that are in Laodicea—Nympha too, and the church that meets in her house. 16 And when this letter has been read to you, make sure it's read to the church in Laodicea too, and that you also read the letter sent to Laodicea. 17 Tell Archippus, “See that you follow through in doing the ministry God gave you.” 18 I, Paul, write my closing greetings with my own hand. Remember I'm in prison. Grace be with you.
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Personas y lugares de este capítulo
Del árbol genealógico y los mapas bíblicos de este sitio (en inglés), solo donde esas guías citan este capítulo.
Personas
Archippus
Called by Paul his fellow soldier and told to complete the ministry he received in the Lord.
Citado en la guía: 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.
Citado en la guía: 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.
Citado en la guía: Colossians 1:7; Colossians 4:12; Philemon 23
Luke
Paul's beloved physician and coworker who stayed with him when others had left him in his final imprisonment.
Citado en la guía: Colossians 4:14; 2 Timothy 4:11; Philemon 24
Nympha
A woman whose house hosts a church to which Paul sends greetings.
Citado en la guía: 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.
Citado en la guía: 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.
Citado en la guía: Acts 20:4; Ephesians 6:21; Colossians 4:7
Referencias cruzadas (18)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Efesios 6:8–20; Apocalipsis 17:14; Deuteronomio 24:14–15; Santiago 2:13; Lucas 16:1–13
- 2 1 Tesalonicenses 5:17–18; Filipenses 4:6; Efesios 6:18; Romanos 12:12; Mateo 26:41
- 3 Efesios 6:19–20; Hechos 14:27; 2 Tesalonicenses 3:1–2; Filipenses 1:13–14; 1 Corintios 4:1
- 4 2 Corintios 4:1–4; Efesios 6:20; Colosenses 4:6; 2 Corintios 3:12; 2 Corintios 2:14–17
- 5 Efesios 5:15–17; Santiago 3:13; Santiago 3:17; 1 Tesalonicenses 4:12; Romanos 16:19
- 6 Efesios 4:29; 1 Pedro 3:15; Eclesiastés 10:12; Marcos 9:50; Proverbios 15:4
- 7 Efesios 6:21–23; Hechos 20:4; 2 Timoteo 4:12; Tito 3:12; 1 Corintios 4:1–4
- 8 Efesios 6:22; Colosenses 2:2; 2 Corintios 12:18; 1 Corintios 4:17; 1 Tesalonicenses 2:11
- 9 Filemón 10–19; Colosenses 4:7
- 10 Hechos 19:29; 2 Timoteo 4:11; Filemón 24; Hechos 15:37–39; Hechos 27:2
- 11 Hechos 11:2; Tito 1:10; Filemón 1; Romanos 4:12; 2 Corintios 6:1
- 12 Romanos 15:30; Colosenses 1:9; Colosenses 1:28; Colosenses 1:7; Filemón 23
- 13 Colosenses 2:1; 2 Corintios 8:3; Apocalipsis 3:14–18; Romanos 10:2; Apocalipsis 1:11
- 14 Filemón 24; 2 Timoteo 4:10–11
- 15 Romanos 16:5; 1 Corintios 16:9; Filemón 2
- 16 1 Tesalonicenses 5:27; 2 Tesalonicenses 3:14
- 17 Filemón 2; Hechos 1:17; 1 Timoteo 4:16; 2 Timoteo 1:6; 1 Corintios 4:1–2
- 18 Hebreos 13:3; 1 Timoteo 6:21; 2 Timoteo 4:22; 1 Corintios 16:21; Hebreos 13:25
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
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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.
Leer en contexto · 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."
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)