and you will always be thanking the Father who has qualified you to share the lot of His people in the realm of light.

It is God who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of His dearly loved Son,

So you, who were once estranged from Him, and hostile in disposition as shown by your wrongdoings, He has now reconciled

if indeed you continue well grounded and firm in faith and never shift from the hope inspired by the good news you heard, which has been preached all over the world, and of which I, Paul, have been made a minister.

to whom God has chosen to make known how glorious are the riches of this open secret among the heathen, namely, Christ in you the hope of your glorification.

canceled the note that stood against us, with its requirements, and has put it out of our way by nailing it to the cross.

Stop letting anyone, in gratuitous humility and worship of angels, defraud you as an umpire, for such a one is taking his stand on the mere visions he has seen, and is groundlessly conceited over his sensuous mind.

forbearing one another and freely forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; just as the Lord has freely forgiven you, so must you also do.

For the man who wrongs another will be paid back the wrong he has done; and there are no exceptions.

When this letter has been read to you, have it read to the church at Laodicea too, and see to it that you too read the one that is coming from Laodicea.