After hearing of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have for all the saints,

Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news,

Which has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God;

Through him uniting all things with himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, uniting all things which are on earth or in heaven.

If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,

The secret which has been kept from all times and generations, but has now been made clear to his saints,

To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.

Rooted and based together in him, strong in the faith which the teaching gave you, giving praise to God at all times.

Having been put to death with him in baptism, by which you came to life again with him, through faith in the working of God, who made him come back from the dead.

Having put an end to the handwriting of the law which was against us, taking it out of the way by nailing it to his cross;

For these are an image of the things which are to come; but the body is Christ's.

Let no man take your reward from you by consciously making little of himself and giving worship to angels; having his thoughts fixed on the things which he has seen, being foolishly lifted up in his natural mind,

Which say there may be no touching, tasting, or taking in your hands,

(Rules which are all to come to an end with their use) after the orders and teaching of men?

Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;

Because of which the wrath of God comes on those who go against his orders;

And have put on the new man, which has become new in knowledge after the image of his maker;

And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together.

And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;

And with him I have sent Onesimus, the true and well-loved brother, who is one of you. They will give you word of everything which is taking place here.

Say to Archippus, See that you do the work which the Lord has given you to do.