Paul, sent of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy the brother,

For I wish you to know how great contest I have for you, and them in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

Epaphras, who of you, greets you, a servant of Christ, always contending for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfected and completed in all the will of God. For I bear testimony to him, that he has much zeal for you, and for them in Laodicea, and for them in Hierapolis.

And when the epistle shall be read among you, make that also it be read to the church in Laodicea; and that ye also read that from Laodicea.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send to the seven churches which in Asia; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; Thus says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;