And you, that were once alienated, and enemies in your mind in wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

if ye indeed continue in the faith grounded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye heard, which hath been preached in the whole creation under heaven; of which I Paul became a minister.

the mystery which hath been hidden for ages and generations, but hath been now revealed to his saints;

and to you also who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he given life together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses;

blotting out the handwriting in ordinances that was against us, which was opposed to us, he hath taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;

Let no one defraud you of the prize, desiring to do it in humiliation and worshipping of the angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, puffed up without reason by the mind of his own flesh,

For he that doeth wrong, shall receive back the wrong which he hath done; and there is no respect of persons.

For I bear him witness, that he hath much labor for you, and those that are in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis.

And when the letter hath been read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and that ye likewise read the letter from Laodicea.