Col 4:11 and also Jesus who is called Justus; these are the only fellow workers for the kingdom of God who are from the circumcision, and they have proved to be an encouragement to me.
Col 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of your number, a bondslave of Jesus Christ, sends you his greetings, always laboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
Col 4:13 For I testify for him that he has a deep concern for you and for those who are in Laodicea and Hierapolis.
Col 4:14 Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and also Demas.
Col 4:15 Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea and also Nympha and the church that is in her house.
Col 4:16 When this letter is read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and you, for your part read my letter that is coming from Laodicea.
Col 4:17 Say to Archippus, "Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it."
Col 4:18 ¶ I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my imprisonment. Grace be with you.
1 Thess 1:1 Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, ¶ To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
1 Thess 1:2 ¶ We give thanks to God always for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers;
1 Thess 1:3 constantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,
1 Thess 1:4 knowing, brethren beloved by God, His choice of you;
1 Thess 1:5 for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.
1 Thess 1:6 You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with the joy of the Holy Spirit,
1 Thess 1:7 so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.
1 Thess 1:8 For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone forth, so that we have no need to say anything.
1 Thess 1:9 For they themselves report about us what kind of a reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,
1 Thess 1:10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, that is Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath to come.
1 Thess 2:1 For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain,
1 Thess 2:2 but after we had already suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God to speak to you the gospel of God amid much opposition.