Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for His body, that is, the church.

These are a shadow of what was to come; the substance is the Messiah.

All these regulations refer to what is destroyed by being used up; they are commands and doctrines of men.

So if you have been raised with the Messiah, seek what is above, where the Messiah is, seated at the right hand of God.

Set your minds on what is above, not on what is on the earth.

Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you too have a Master in heaven.