since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love you have to all the saints,

in whom we have redemption through His blood, the remission of sins.

if indeed you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard and which was proclaimed in all the creation under Heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister,

For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,

Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,

rooted and built up in Him, and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

These things indeed have a reputation of wisdom in self-imposed worship and humility, and unsparing severity of the body, but are not of any value for the satisfying of the flesh.

Masters, give to your slaves what is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in Heaven.

praying together about us also, that God may open to us a door of the Word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I also have been bound,

And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.