Most Bible characters met with failure and survived. Even when the failure was immense, those who [rebounded] refused to lie in the dust and bemoan their tragedy. In fact, their failure and repentance led to a greater conception of God’s grace. They came to know the God of the second, chance, and sometimes the third and fourth.
Oswald Sanders

Bible – English_World – Colossians Chapter 4:1-18.

Index: World English Bible

 

Colossians 4

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4:1 Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

4:2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;

4:3 praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;

4:4 that I may reveal it as I ought to speak.

4:5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

4:6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

4:7 All my affairs will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved brother, faithful servant, and fellow bondservant in the Lord.

4:8 I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,

4:9 together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you everything that is going on here.

4:10 Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you received commandments, “if he comes to you, receive him”),

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

4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

4:13 For I testify about him, that he has great zeal for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those in Hierapolis.

4:14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you.

4:15 Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the assembly that is in his house.

4:16 When this letter has been read among you, cause it to be read also in the assembly of the Laodiceans; and that you also read the letter from Laodicea.

4:17 Tell Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.”

4:18 The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand: remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.