that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and spreading all over the world, so it has been doing among you from the day you heard it and came to know the grace of God in truth.

He has told us about your love in the Spirit.

and might thank the Father, who has enabled us to share in the saints' inheritance in the light.

God has rescued us from the power of darkness and has brought us into the kingdom of the Son whom he loves,

he has now reconciled by the death of his physical body, so that he may present you holy, blameless, and without fault before him.

However, you must remain firmly established and steadfast in the faith, without being moved from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

This secret was hidden throughout the ages and generations but has now been revealed to his saints,

Let no one who delights in humility and the worship of angels cheat you out of the prize by rejoicing about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up for no reason by his carnal mind.

For you have died, and your life has been safely guarded by the Messiah in God.

Be tolerant of one another and forgive each other if anyone has a complaint against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, you also should forgive.

For the person who does what is wrong will be paid back for what he has done without favoritism.

Tychicus will tell you everything that has happened to me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister, and a fellow servant in the Lord.

For I can testify on his behalf that he has a deep concern for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis.

When this letter has been read among you, have it read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and be sure to read the one from Laodicea.