8. I am sending him to cheer you up by telling you how we are getting along.
9. Onesimus, that dear and faithful follower from your own group, is coming with him. The two of them will tell you everything that has happened here.
10. Aristarchus is in jail with me. He sends greetings to you, and so does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas. You have already been told to welcome Mark, if he visits you.
11. Jesus, who is known as Justus, sends his greetings. These three men are the only Jewish followers who have worked with me for the kingdom of God. They have given me much comfort.
12. Your own Epaphras, who serves Christ Jesus, sends his greetings. He always prays hard that you may fully know what the Lord wants you to do and that you may do it completely.
13. I have seen how much trouble he has gone through for you and for the followers in Laodicea and Hierapolis.