When you were buried with the Messiah in baptism, you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.

Even when you were dead because of your offenses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with him when he forgave us all of our offenses,

having erased the charges that were brought against us, along with their obligations that were hostile to us. He took those charges away when he nailed them to the cross.

And when he had disarmed the rulers and the authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in the cross.

When the Messiah, who is your life, is revealed, then you, too, will be revealed with him in glory.

Devote yourselves to prayer. Be alert and thankful when you pray.

When this letter has been read among you, have it read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and be sure to read the one from Laodicea.