Further Instructions

^2 (A)Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it ^(B)with thanksgiving.

^10 (A)Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark ^(B)the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions—^(C)if he comes to you, welcome him), ¹¹ and Jesus who is called ^(D)Justus. ^(E)These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and ^(F)they have been a comfort to me. ^12 (G)Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always ^(H)struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand ^(I)mature and fully assured in all the will of God. ¹³ For I bear him witness that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis.