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;

who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, do not cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

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

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

You also once walked in those, when you lived in them;

but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

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.

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;

When this letter has been read among you, cause it to be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that you also read the letter from Laodicea.