Bible Chapter Summary
Colossians 4 Summary
Final Exhortations and Greetings
Paul instructs masters to deal justly with servants, and calls all believers to continue in prayer and wise speech. He informs them that Tychicus and Onesimus will bring news of his circumstances, and sends greetings from fellow workers including Epaphras, Luke, and others. Paul requests the epistle be read in the church at Laodicea and directs Archippus to fulfill his ministry.
Key themes
Key verses
Colossians 4:2
“Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;”
Colossians 4:3
“Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:”
Colossians 4:12
“Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.”
Colossians 4:17
“And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.”
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