that ye may walk worthy of the Lord, well pleasing him in all things, in every good work fruitful, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

for by him were all things created, celestial and terrestrial, visible or invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers, all were created by him, and for him:

and he is before all, and by him all things subsist.

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

and by him to reconcile all things to himself, making peace by the blood of his cross: by him, I say, whether they be things on earth, or things in the heavens.

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

rooted and built up on him, and confirmed in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily;

and ye are complete in him, who is the head of all principality and power:

buried with him in baptism, in which also ye have been raised up together with him by faith, the energy of God, who raised him from the dead.

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

When Christ shall appear, who is our life, then shall you also with him be manifested in glory.

and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge, after the image of him that created him.

And everything that ye do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

There salute you Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner, and Mark nephew to Barnabas, concerning whom ye have received injunctions; if he come unto you, receive him,

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