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4:1
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你们作主人的，要公公平平的待仆人，因为知道你们也有一位主在天上。
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Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
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4:2
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你们要恒切祷告，在此警醒感恩。
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Continue stedfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;
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4:3
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也要为我们祷告，求神给我们开传道的门，能以讲基督的奥秘（我为此被捆锁），
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withal praying for us also, that God may open unto us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;
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4:4
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叫我按着所该说的话将这奥秘发明出来。
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that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
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4:5
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你们要爱惜光阴，用智慧与外人交往。
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Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
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4:6
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你们的言语要常常带着和气，好像用盐调和，就可知道该怎样回答各人。
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Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.
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4:7
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有我亲爱的兄弟推基古要将我一切的事都告诉你们。他是忠心的执事，和我一同作主的仆人，
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All my affairs shall Tychicus make known unto you, the beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord:
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4:8
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我特意打发他到你们那里去，好叫你们知道我们的光景，又叫他安慰你们的心。
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whom I have sent you for this very purpose, that ye may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts;
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4:9
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我又打发一位亲爱忠心的兄弟阿尼西母同去；他也是你们那里的人。他们要把这里一切的事都告诉你们。
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together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things that [are done] here.
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4:10
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与我一同坐监的亚里达古问你们安。巴拿巴的表弟马可也问你们安。（说到这马可，你们已经受了吩咐；他若到了你们那里，你们就接待他。）
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Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner saluteth you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (touching whom ye received commandments; if he come unto you, receive him),
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4:11
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耶数又称为犹士都，也问你们安。奉割礼的人中，只有这三个人是为神的国与我一同做工的，也是叫我心里得安慰的。
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and Jesus that is called Justus, who are of the circumcision: these only [are my] fellow-workers unto the kingdom of God, men that have been a comfort unto me.
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4:12
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有你们那里的人，作基督耶稣仆人的以巴弗问你们安。他在祷告之间，常为你们竭力的祈求，愿你们在神一切的旨意上得以完全，信心充足，能站立得稳。
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Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
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4:13
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他为你们和老底嘉并希拉波立的弟兄多多的劳苦，这是我可以给他作见证的。
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For I bear him witness, that he hath much labor for you, and for them in Laodicea, and for them in Hierapolis.
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4:14
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所亲爱的医生路加和底马问你们安。
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Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas salute you.
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4:15
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请问老底嘉的弟兄和宁法，并他家里的教会安。
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Salute the brethren that are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church that is in their house.
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4:16
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你们念了这书信，便交给老底嘉的教会，叫他们也念；你们也要念从老底嘉来的书信。
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And when this epistle hath been read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye also read the epistle from Laodicea.
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4:17
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要对亚基布说：「务要谨慎，尽你从主所受的职分。」
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And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
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4:18
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我保罗亲笔问你们安。你们要记念我的捆錀?。愿恩惠常与你们同在！
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The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.
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