giving thanks to God, even the Father, who hath made us meet for a portion in the inheritance of the saints in light;

who hath plucked us out from the dominion of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love:

For it hath pleased the Father that in him all fulness should dwell;

And you who in time past were all aliens, and enemies in mind by wicked works, hath he now reconciled,

if ye abide in faith grounded and firm, and never moved aside from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which hath been preached to the whole creation which is under heaven, of which I Paul am a minister.

And you, who were dead in sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened with him, freely forgiving you all trespasses;

and hath blotted out the handwriting in ordinances that was against us, which was the obstacle to us, and took it from the midst, nailing it to the cross;

forbearing one another, and freely forgiving one another, if any man hath a complaint against another: even as Christ hath freely forgiven you, so also do ye.

But he that is guilty of injustice shall receive punishment for the wrong he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

For I bear him witness that he hath great zeal for you, and for those in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis.

And when this epistle hath been read among you, cause that it also be read in the church of the Laodiceans, and that ye also read that from Laodicea.