Giving thanks to the Father, who hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his beloved Son:

And you, that were formerly alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled,

If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which hath been preached to every creature which is under heaven; of which I Paul am made a minister;

Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages, and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

Buried with him in baptism, in which also ye are raised with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he made alive together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshiping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man hath a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

But he that doeth wrong, will receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

For I bear him testimony, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.