just as you learned [it] from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave who is a faithful minister of Christ [on] our behalf,

[who] also made clear to us your love in the Spirit.

giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you for a share of the inheritance of the saints in light,

who has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred [us] to the kingdom of the Son {he loves},

in whom we have the redemption, the forgiveness of sins,

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,

and he himself is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may become first in everything,

to whom God wanted to make known what [is] the glorious wealth of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory,

whom we proclaim, [by] admonishing every person and teaching every person with all wisdom, in order that we may present every person mature in Christ,

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on behalf of you, and those in Laodicea, and all those who have not seen my face {in person},

in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.

and you are filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority,

in whom also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made by hands, by the removal of the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,

having been buried with him in baptism, in which also you were raised together with [him] through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by the ligaments and sinews, grows with the growth of God.

When Christ, [who is] your life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.

and have put on the new [man] that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created him,

For the one who does wrong will receive back whatever wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.

whom I have sent to you for this very [reason], in order that you may know {our circumstances} and he may encourage your hearts,

together with Onesimus, my faithful and dear brother, who is [one] of you. They will make known to you all {the circumstances} here.

Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions--if he should come to you, welcome him),

and Jesus who is called Justus. These [are] the only ones who are fellow workers for the kingdom of God from the circumcision, who have been a comfort to me.

Epaphras, who is [one] of you, greets you, a slave of Christ always struggling on behalf of you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.