Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers of their company.
Holy brothers, you who participate in a heavenly calling, look at Jesus then, at the apostle and high priest of our confession;
to the consecrated and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: grace and peace to you from God our Father.
For he decreed of old that those whom he predestined should share the likeness of his Son — that he might be the firstborn of a great brotherhood.
and if you only salute your friends, what is special about that? do not the very pagans do as much?
Salute that choice Christian, Rufus; also his mother, who has been a mother to me.
Salute Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, Olympas too, and all the saints in their company.