For this cause we also from the day we heard it have not ceased praying for you, and beseeching God that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Now this I say, lest any man pervert you with specious discourse.

Children, be obedient to your parents in all things; for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.

whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that he might know your affairs, and comfort your hearts;

And when this epistle hath been read among you, cause that it also be read in the church of the Laodiceans, and that ye also read that from Laodicea.