Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.

Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my good friend Stachys.

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a dear brother. He is especially so to me, and even more so to you now, both humanly speaking and in the Lord.

He had one left, his one dear son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my one dear son; perhaps they will respect him.’

Also greet the church in their house. Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.

For this reason, I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.