Which is come to you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

As ye also learned from Epaphras our dear fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

Who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

For which I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

Buried with him in baptism, in which also ye are raised with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then will ye also appear with him in glory.

In which ye also walked formerly, when ye lived with them.

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man hath a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

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

At the same time praying also for us, that God would open to us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:

And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.