Striving? Yes, I want you to understand my deep concern for you and for those at Laodicea, for all who have never seen my face.

So put to death those members that are on earth: sexual vice, impurity, appetite, evil desire, and lust (which is idolatry),

Servants, obey your masters here below at every point; do not work simply when their eye is on you, like those who court human favour, but serve them with a single heart out of reverence for your Lord and Master.

I can testify to his exertions on your behalf and on behalf of those at Laodicea and Hierapolis.