For I want you to know how greatly I strive for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not seen my face in the flesh,

For even though I am absent in flesh, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to human tradition, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.

Let no one disqualify you for the prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, puffed up without cause by his fleshly mind,

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

When this letter has been read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you read the letter from Laodicea.

Say to Archippus, "See to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it."