which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as it doth in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

even as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

even the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,

that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, even Christ,

rooted and builded up in him, and established in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye: