Because in him all things were created, things in the heavens and things upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or lordships or principal offices or positions of authority, all things have been created

And he is before all, and in him all things hold together.

Because in him it was considered good for all the fullness dwell,

and through him to reconcile all things to himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross, through him whether things upon the earth or things in the heavens.

in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblemished and unblameable before him.

As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,

rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as ye were taught, abounding in it with thankfulness.

Because in him all the fullness of the divinity dwells bodily.

And ye are men who have been made full in him, who is the head of every principal office and position of authority.

Having been buried with him in immersion, in which also ye were raised together through faith of the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

And you, being dead in transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you he made alive together with him, having forgiven us all the transgressions,

When the Christ, our life, is made known, then ye also will be made known with him in glory.

and having put on the new man, being renewed in knowledge according to an image of him who created him,

And all things, anything whatever ye may do in word or in deed, do all in the name of Lord Jesus, expressing thanks to the God and Father through him.

Aristarchus my fellow prisoner salutes you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom ye received orders, if he comes to you, welcome him),

For I testify about him, that he has much zeal for you, and those in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis.