Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them.
Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,
To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?
Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.
Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.