You also have heard the message of the truth, the good news of your salvation, and believed in him, and through union with him you have been marked with the seal of the holy Spirit that was promised,

This is why I, for my part, since I have heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus that prevails among you and among all God's people,

This is why I, Paul, whom Jesus the Christ has made a prisoner for the sake of you heathen??2 if at least you have heard how I dealt with the mercy of God that was given me for you,

So I ask that what I am having to suffer for your sake may not make me lose heart, for it does you honor.

They are estranged from the life of God because of the ignorance that exists among them and their obstinacy of heart,

You who are slaves, obey your earthly masters, in reverence and awe, with sincerity of heart, as you would the Christ,