Striving? Yes, I want you to understand my deep concern for you and for those at Laodicea, for all who have never seen my face.

I can testify to his exertions on your behalf and on behalf of those at Laodicea and Hierapolis.

Salute the brothers at Laodicea, also Nympha and the church which meets at her house.

And when this letter has been read to you, see that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans; also, see that you read the letter that reaches you from Laodicea.

"Write your vision in a book, and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and Smyrna and Pergamum and Thyatira and Sardis and Philadelphia and Laodicea."

Then to the angel of the church at Laodicea write thus: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the origin of God's creation.