We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always in our prayers for you:

for the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which ye have heard before in the word of truth, that is the gospel;

As ye also learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you;

For this cause we also, from the day that we heard it, cease not to pray for you, and to request that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding:

giving thanks unto the Father, who hath made us meet for a portion of the inheritance of the saints in light:

for by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; all were created by Him, and for Him.

For it pleased the Father, that all fulness should dwell in Him;

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up what is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for the sake of his body, which is the church.

For I would have you know what a great conflict I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen me in person:

For though I be absent in body, yet am I with you in spirit, rejoicing and beholding your regularity, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

for all the fulness of the deity dwelleth personally in Him.

For ye are dead as to the world, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

for which things the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience.

And let the peace of God preside in your hearts, to which ye are also called as united in one body: and be thankful for it.

Children, obey your parents in all things; for this is well-pleasing to the Lord:

knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance; for ye serve the Lord Christ;

but he that doth unjustly, shall receive for what wrong he hath done; and there is no respect of persons with God:

Praying at the same time for us also, that God would open to us a door of utterance, to declare the mystery of Christ, for which also I am in bonds: that I may make it manifest, as I ought.

whom I have sent to you for this purpose also that he may know your affairs, and comfort your hearts;

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you; who always strives earnestly for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God:

for I bear him witness, that he is very zealous for you, and for those in Laodicea, and Hierapolis.