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

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

In whom also ye were circumcised a circumcision not made with hands, in the removal of the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of the Christ.

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.

having erased the handwriting against us in the regulations that were hostile to us, and he has taken it up from the midst, having nailed it to the cross.

If therefore ye were raised with the Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.

And let the peace of God umpire in your hearts, for which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.