Final Greetings (COL 4:7-18)

[4:7] Tychicus will tell you all about my activities. He is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord.

[4:8] I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts,

[4:9] and with him Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you of everything that has taken place here.

[4:10] Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions—if he comes to you, welcome him),

[4:11] and Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.

[4:12] Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

[4:13] For I bear him witness that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis.

[4:14] Luke the beloved physician greets you, as does Demas.

[4:15] Give my greetings to the brothers at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house.

[4:16] And when this letter has been read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you also read the letter from Laodicea.

[4:17] And say to Archippus, “See that you fulfill the ministry that you have received in the Lord.”

[4:18] I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.