Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

For this cause we also, since the day we heard, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

giving thanks to the Father, who has made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.

And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.

And He is the Head of the body, the church, who is the Beginning, the First-born from the dead, that He may be pre-eminent in all things.

And you, who were once alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled

that their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

in whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ,

Let no one defraud you, delighting in humility and worship of the angels, intruding into things which he has not seen, without a cause being vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

Be mindful of things above, not on things on the earth.

When Christ our Life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which you also are called in one body, and be thankful.

And everything, whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as is becoming in the Lord.

Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter against them.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they be discouraged.

Let your speech be always with grace, having been seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

And when this letter is read before you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you also read the letter of Laodicea.

The salutation of Paul, by my own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.