Set your mind and keep focused habitually on the things above [the heavenly things], not on things that are on the earth [which have only temporal value].

and with him is Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will let you know everything about the situation here [in Rome].

Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church that meets in her house.