the secret that hath been hid from the ages and from the generations, but now was manifested to his saints,

having blotted out the handwriting in the ordinances that is against us, that was contrary to us, and he hath taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross;

let no one beguile you of your prize, delighting in humble-mindedness and in worship of the messengers, intruding into the things he hath not seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,

for ye did die, and your life hath been hid with the Christ in God;

for I do testify to him, that he hath much zeal for you, and those in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis.