which has come to you; even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,

rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,

Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as the Lord forgave you, so you also do.

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

that I may reveal it as I ought to speak.