3 For this cause I Paul, athe prisoner of Jesus Christ bfor you cGentiles, 2 If ye have heard of dthe dispensation eof the grace of God which is given me cto you-ward: 3 fHow that gby revelation hhe made known unto me the mystery; i(as I wrote ||afore in few words, 4 Whereby, when ye read, kye may understand my knowledge in lthe mystery of Christ) 5 hWhich in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy mapostles and prophets by the Spirit; 6 That the Gentiles should be nfellowheirs, and oof the same body, and ppartakers nof his promise in Christ by the gospel: 7 qWhereof I was made ra minister, according to the gift of ethe grace of God given unto me sby the effectual working of his power. 8 Unto me, twho am less than the least of all saints, eis this grace given, that I should preach camong the Gentiles the uunsearchable wriches of Christ; 9 And hto make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, hwhich from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, xwho created all things by Jesus Christ: 10 To the intent that ynow unto zthe principalities and powers ain heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold bwisdom of God, 11 cAccording to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: 12 In whom we have dboldness and eaccess with fconfidence by gthe faith of him. 13 Wherefore I desire that ye hfaint not iat my tribulations kfor you, lwhich is your glory. 14 mFor this cause nI bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 Of whom othe whole family pin heaven and earth qis named, 16 That he would grant you, according to rthe riches of his glory, sto be strengthened with might by his Spirit in tthe inner man; 17 uThat Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, wbeing rooted and xgrounded in love, 18 May be able to ycomprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and zdepth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, awhich passeth knowledge, that bye might be filled with all cthe fulness of God. 20 dNow unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, eaccording to the power that worketh in us, 21 fUnto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus gthroughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

4 I therefore, athe prisoner ||of the Lord, bbeseech you that ye cwalk worthy of the dvocation wherewith ye are called, 2 efWith all lowliness and fmeekness, fgwith longsuffering, hforbearing one another in love; 3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in ithe bond of peace. 4 There is kone body, and lone Spirit, even as mye are called in one nhope of your calling; 5 oOne Lord, pone faith, one baptism, 6 qOne God and Father of all, who is rabove all, and sthrough all, and in you all. 7 But tunto every one of us uis given grace waccording to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8 Wherefore he saith, xWhen he ascended up on high, yhe led ||captivity captive, and zgave gifts unto men. 9 a(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into bthe lower parts of the earth? 10 He that descended is the same also that cascended up dfar above all heavens, ethat he might ||ffill all things.) 11 And he gave some, gapostles; and some, ghprophets; and some, ievangelists; and some, kpastors and lteachers; 12 For the mperfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for nthe edifying of othe body of Christ: 13 Till we all come ||in the unity of the faith, and of pthe knowledge of the Son of God, unto qa perfect man, unto the measure of the ||stature of rthe fulness of Christ: 14 That we henceforth be no more schildren, ttossed to and fro, and ucarried about twith every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and wcunning craftiness, whereby they xlie in wait to deceive; 15 But ||speaking ythe truth in love, may zgrow up into him in all things, awhich is bthe head, even Christ: 16 bFrom whom the whole body zfitly joined together and bcompacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that cye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, din the vanity of their mind, 18 eHaving the understanding darkened, fbeing alienated from the life of God through gthe ignorance that is in them, because of the ||dblindness of their heart: 19 Who ggbeing past feeling hhave given themselves over unto ilasciviousness, to work all iuncleanness with greediness. 20 But ye have not so learned Christ; 21 If so be that jye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 That ye kput off lconcerning the former mconversation nthe old man, owhich is corrupt according to oothe deceitful lusts; 23 And pbe renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24 And that ye put on qthe new man, which rafter God sis created in trighteousness and ||true tholiness.

25 Wherefore kputting away lying, uspeak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are wmembers one of another. 26 xBe ye angry, and sin not: ylet not zthe sun go down upon your wrath: 27 Neither agive place to the devil. 28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather blet him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, cthat he may have ||to give dto him that needeth. 29 eLet no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good ||fto the use of edifying, that it may minister ggrace unto the hearers. 30 And higrieve not hkthe holy Spirit of God, lwhereby ye are sealed unto the day of mredemption. 31 Let all nbitterness, and owrath, and oanger, and clamour, and opevil speaking, be put away from you, with all oqmalice: 32 And be ye rkind one to another, stenderhearted, rtforgiving one another, reven as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

5 aBe ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 2 And bwalk in love, cas Christ also hath loved us, and dhath given himself for us ean offering and a sacrifice to God for fa sweetsmelling savour. 3 But ghfornication, and all guncleanness, or gcovetousness, let it not be once inamed among you, as becometh saints; 4 Neither kfilthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, lwhich are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this ye know, that mno whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, nwho is an idolater, ohath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 pLet no man deceive you with vain words: for qbecause of these things cometh rthe wrath of God upon sthe children of ||disobedience. 7 Be not ye therefore tpartakers with them. 8 For uye were ssometimes darkness, but wnow are ye light in the Lord: xwalk as ychildren of light: 9 (For zthe fruit of the Spirit is in all agoodness and righteousness and truth;) 10 bProving what is cacceptable unto the Lord. 11 And dhave no fellowship with the eunfruitful fworks of darkness, but rather greprove them. 12 For hit is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. 13 But all things that are ||reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever idoth make manifest is light. 14 Wherefore ||he saith, klAwake thou that sleepest, and marise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. 15 See then that nye walk ocircumspectly, not as fools, but nas wise, 16 pRedeeming qthe time, rbecause the days are evil. 17 Wherefore nbe ye not unwise, but understanding what sthe will of the Lord is. 18 And tbe not drunk with wine, wherein is uexcess; but vbe filled with the Spirit; 19 Speaking to yourselves win xpsalms and yhymns and spiritual yysongs, singing and zmaking melody in your heart to the Lord; 20 aGiving thanks always for all things unto bGod and the Father cin the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; 21 dSubmitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

22 eWives, fsubmit yourselves unto your own husbands, gas unto the Lord. 23 For hthe husband is the head of the wife, even as hiChrist is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of kthe body. 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands lin every thing. 25 mHusbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and ngave himself for it; 26 That he might psanctify and pcleanse it owith the washing of water pby the word, 27 qThat he might present it to himself a glorious church, rnot having sspot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be tholy and without blemish. 28 So ought men to mlove their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. 29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but ttnourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: 30 For uwe are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 31 vFor this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they wtwo shall be one flesh. 32 This is a great mystery: but xI speak xxconcerning Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so mylove his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she zreverence her husband.

6 aChildren, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 bHonour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) 3 bThat it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 4 And, cye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: dbut ebring them up in the nurture and fadmonition of the Lord.

5 gServants, be obedient to them that are your masters ggaccording to the flesh, hwith fear and trembling, giin singleness of your heart, iias unto Christ; 6 gNot with eyeservice, as jmenpleasers; but as kthe servants of Christ, doing lthe will of God from the heart; 7 mWith good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: 8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, nthe same shall he receive of the Lord, owhether he be bond or free. 9 And, pye masters, do the same things unto them, ||qforbearing threatening: knowing that ||kryour Master also is in heaven; sneither is there respect of persons with him.

10 Finally, my brethren, tbe strong in the Lord, and tin the power of his might. 11 uPut on vthe whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against wthe wiles of the devil. 12 For xwe wrestle not against †flesh and blood, but against yprincipalities, against ypowers, against zthe rulers of the darkness aof this world, against ||spiritual wickedness in ||high places. 13 bWherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in cthe evil day, and ||having done all, dto stand. 14 Stand therefore, ehaving your loins girt about with truth, and fhaving on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And gyour feet shod with the preparation of hthe gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking ithe shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the jfiery darts of kthe wicked. 17 And take fthe helmet of salvation, and lthe sword of the Spirit, which is mthe word of God: 18 nPraying always with all prayer and supplication oin the Spirit, and pwatching thereunto with all qperseverance and rsupplication for all saints; 19 And sfor me, that utterance may be given unto me, tthat I may open my mouth uboldly, to make known vthe mystery of the gospel, 20 For which I wam an ambassador ||xin bonds: that ||therein I umay speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

21 But ythat ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, zTychicus, a beloved brother and afaithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things: 22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that aahe might comfort your hearts. 23 bPeace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 24 cGrace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ ||in dsincerity. Amen.

Written from Rome unto the Ephesians aby Tychicus.

The Epistle of Paul the Apostle

to the

Philippians

1 *Paul and aTimotheus, aathe servants of Jesus Christ, to all bthe saints in Christ Jesus which are at cPhilippi, with the dbishops and edeacons: 2 fGrace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 gI thank my God upon every ||remembrance of you, 4 Always in every prayer of mine hfor you all making request with joy, 5 iFor your fellowship in the gospel jfrom the first day until now; 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath kbegun la good work in you ||will mperform it nuntil the day of Jesus Christ: 7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because ||I have you oin my heart; inasmuch as both pin my qbonds, and in rthe defence and sconfirmation of the gospel, tye all are ||partakers of my grace. 8 For uGod is my record, how greatly wI long after you all in xthe bowels of Jesus Christ. 9 And this I pray, that yyour love may abound yet more and more in zknowledge and in all ||judgment; 10 aThat ye may ||approve things that ||are excellent; that ye may be bsincere and cwithout offence dtill the day of Christ; 11 Being filled with ethe fruits of righteousness, fwhich are by Jesus Christ, gunto the glory and praise of God.

12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the hfurtherance of the gospel; 13 So that imy bonds ||in Christ kare manifest in all ||the palace, and ||in all other places; 14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by imy bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. 15 Some indeed preach Christ leven of envy and strife; and some also of good will: 16 The one preach Christ mof contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to imy bonds: 17 But the other of love, nknowing that oI am set for pthe defence of the gospel. 18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. 19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation qthrough your prayer, and the supply of rthe Spirit of Jesus Christ, 20 According to my searnest expectation and my hope, that tin nothing I shall be ashamed, but that uwith all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. 21 For to me wto live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. 23 For xI am in a strait betwixt two, yhaving a desire zto depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: 24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. 25 And ahaving this confidence, I know that I shall babide and continue with you all for your cfurtherance and joy of faith; 26 That dyour rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.

27 Only elet your conversation be fas it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye gstand fast in one spirit, with hone mind istriving together for the faith of the gospel; 28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: kwhich is to them an evident token of perdition, klbut to you of salvation, and that of God. 29 For munto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also lto suffer for his sake; 30 Having the same nconflict owhich ye saw in me, and pnow hear to be in me.

2 If there be therefore any aconsolation in Christ, if any bcomfort of love, if cany fellowship dof the Spirit, if any ebowels and mercies, 2 fFulfil ye my joy, that gye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be done through hstrife or ivainglory; but in jlowliness of mind let keach esteem other better than themselves. 4 Look not every man on his own things, but levery man also on the things of others. 5 mLet this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, nbeing in the oform of God, thought it not probbery to be qequal with God: 7 But rmade himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of sa servant, and twas made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in ||ufashion as a man, rhe humbled himself, and wbecame obedient unto death, even xthe death of the cross. 9 yWherefore zGod also hath ahighly exalted him, and given him ba name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus cevery knee should bow, of dethings in heaven, and dethings in earth, and dfthings under the earth; 11 And ffthat every tongue should confess that Jesus gChrist is hLord, to the glory of God the Father. 12 Wherefore, my beloved, ias ye have always kobeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, lwork out your own salvation with mfear and trembling. 13 For nit is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his ogood pleasure. 14 Do all things without pmurmurings and qdisputings: 15 That ye may be rblameless and ||harmless, sthe sons of God, twithout rebuke, uin the midst of a vcrooked and wperverse nation, among whom ||ye shine xas lights in the world; 16 Holding forth ythe word of life; that zI may rejoice in the day of Christ, that aI have not run in vain, neither aalaboured in vain. 17 Yea, and if I be †boffered upon the sacrifice and cservice of your faith, dI joy, and rejoice with you all. 18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.

19 ||But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send eTimotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. 20 For I have no man ||flikeminded, who will gnaturally care for your state. 21 For hall iseek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s. 22 But ye know kthe proof of him, that, las a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. 23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me. 24 But mI trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly. 25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you nEpaphroditus, my brother, and opcompanion in labour, and qfellowsoldier, but your pmessenger, and rhe that ministered to my wants. 26 For he slonged after you all, and was tfull of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick. 27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. 28 I sent him therefore uthe more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. 29 wReceive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and ||xhold such yin reputation: 30 Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, zto supply your lack of service toward me.

3 aFinally, my brethren, brejoice in the Lord. bbTo write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. 2 Beware of cdogs, beware of devil workers, beware of ethe concision. 3 For fwe are the circumcision, gwhich worship God hin the spirit, and irejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. 4 Though kI might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: 5 lCircumcised the eighth day, mof the stock of Israel, nof the tribe of Benjamin, mnan Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, oa Pharisee; 6 pConcerning zeal, qpersecuting the church; touching rthe righteousness which is in the law, sblameless. 7 But twhat things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. 8 Yea udoubtless, and I count all things but loss for wthe excellency of xthe knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have ysuffered the loss of all things, and do count them but zdung, that I may win Christ, 9 And be found in him, not having amine own righteousness, awhich is of the law, but bthat which is through bbthe faith of Christ, athe righteousness which is of God by faith: 10 That I may know him, and cthe power of his resurrection, and dthe fellowship of his sufferings, ebeing made conformable unto his death; 11 If by any means I might fattain unto the resurrection of the dead. 12 Not as though I had already gattained, either were already hperfect: but iI follow after, if that I may kapprehend lthat for which also I am kapprehended of Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have kapprehended: but this one thing I do, mforgetting those things which are behind, and nreaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I inpress otoward the mark for pthe prize of qthe high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as be rperfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing sye be otherwise minded, tGod shall reveal even this unto you. 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already uattained, xlet us walk by the same xrule, ylet us mind the same thing.

17 Brethren, zbe followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have aus for an ensample. 18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are bthe enemies of the cross of Christ: 19 cWhose end is destruction, dwhose God is their belly, and ewhose glory is in their fshame, who gmind earthly things.) 20 For our hconversation iis in heaven; kfrom whence also lwe look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: 21 Who shall mchange nour vile body, that it may be ofashioned like unto his glorious body, paccording to the working whereby he is able even qto subdue all things unto himself.

4 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and alonged for, bcmy joy and cdcrown, so ddstand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. 2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that ethey be of the same mind in the Lord. 3 And I intreat thee also, ftrue yokefellow, help those women which glaboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my hfellowlabourers, whose names are in ithe book of life.

4 kRejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. 5 Let your lmoderation be known unto all men. mThe Lord is at hand. 6 nBe careful for nothing; but in every thing by oprayer and osupplication owith thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And pthe peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and qminds pthrough Christ Jesus. 8 rFinally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are ||shonest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are tpure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are uof good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. 9 vThose things, which ye have both learned, and wreceived, and heard, and seen in me, do: and xthe God of peace shall be with you.

10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last yyour care of me ||hath flourished again; zwherein ye were also careful, but aye lacked opportunity. 11 Not that I speak in respect of bwant: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be ccontent. 12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed dboth to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13 I can do all things ethrough Christ fwhich strengtheneth me. 14 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that gye did communicate with my affliction. 15 Now ye Philippians know also, that hin the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from iMacedonia, kno church communicated with me as concerning lgiving and receiving, but ye only. 16 For even in mThessalonica ye sent once and again unto my nnecessity. 17 oNot because I desire a gift: but I desire pfruit that may abound to your account. 18 But ||I qhave all, and abound: I am full, rhaving received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, san odour of a sweet smell, ta sacrifice acceptable, uwellpleasing to God. 19 But my God wshall supply all your nneed xaccording to his riches yin glory by Christ Jesus. 20 Now unto zGod and our Father be aglory for ever and ever. Amen.

21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. bThe brethren which are with me greet you. 22 cAll the saints salute you, chiefly dthey that are of Caesar’s household. 23 eThe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

It was written to the Philippians afrom Rome bby Epaphroditus.

The Epistle of Paul the Apostle

to the

Colossians

1 *aPaul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus aaour brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brethren bin Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 cWe give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints, 5 For dthe hope which is elaid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in fthe word of the truth of the gospel; 6 Which is come unto you, gas it is in all the world; and hbringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew ithe grace of God in truth: 7 As ye also learned of kEpaphras our dear lfellowservant, who is for you la mfaithful minister of Christ; 8 Who also declared unto us your nlove oin the Spirit.

9 For this cause we also, csince the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire pthat ye might be filled with qthe knowledge of his will rin all wisdom and spiritual sunderstanding; 10 tThat ye might walk worthy of the Lord uunto all pleasing, hvbeing fruitful in wevery good work, and xincreasing in the knowledge of God; 11 yStrengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and zlongsuffering awith joyfulness; 12 bGiving thanks unto the Father, which hath cmade us meet to be dpartakers of dthe inheritance of the saints in light: 13 Who hath edelivered us from fthe power of gdarkness, and hath translated us hinto the kingdom of †his idear Son: 14 jIn whom we have redemption kthrough his blood, even lthe forgiveness of sins: 15 Who is mthe image of nthe invisible God, othe pfirstborn of every creature: 16 For qby him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be qqthrones, or rdominions, or stprincipalities, or rspowers: qall things were created uvby him, and ufor him: 17 And owhe is before all things, and qby him xall things xxconsist. 18 And yhe is the head of the body, the church: owho is zthe beginning, zathe firstborn from the dead; that ||in ball things he might have the preeminence. 19 For cit pleased the Father that din him should all efulness dwell; 20 And, ||fhaving made peace gthrough the blood of his cross, hby him to reconcile ball things unto himself; by him, I say, iwhether they be things in earth, or jthings in heaven.

21 kAnd you, that were ksometime lalienated and menemies ||in your mind nby wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled 22 oIn the body of his flesh through death, pto present you holy and unblameable and qunreproveable in his sight: 23 rIf ye continue in the faith sgrounded and tsettled, and be not moved away from uthe hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and wwhich was preached xto every creature which is under heaven; ywhereof I Paul am made a minister; 24 zWho now rejoice in my sufferings afor you, and fill up bthat which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh cfor dhis body’s sake, which is the church: 25 yWhereof I am made a minister, according to ethe dispensation of God which is given to me for you, ||to fulfil the word of God; 26 Even fthe mystery which hath been hid from ages and from ggenerations, fhbut now is made manifest to his saints: 27 iTo whom God would make known what is kthe riches of the glory of this fmystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ ||in you, lthe hope of glory: 28 Whom we preach, mwarning every man, and mteaching every man mmin all wisdom; nthat we may present every man operfect in Christ Jesus: 29 Whereunto pI also labour, qstriving raccording to his working, which sworketh in me mightily.

2 For aI would that ye knew what great ||bconflict I have for you, and for them at cLaodicea, and for das many as have not seen my face in the flesh; 2 That etheir hearts might be comforted, fbeing knit together in love, and unto gall riches of hthe full assurance of understanding, to ithe acknowledgement of iithe mystery of jGod, and of the Father, and of Christ; 3 ||In whom are hid all the treasures of kwisdom and lknowledge. 4 And this I say, mlest any man should nbeguile you owith enticing words. 5 For pthough I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your qorder, and the rstedfastness of your faith in Christ. 6 sAs ye have therefore streceived Christ Jesus the Lord, so swalk ye in him: 7 uRooted and wbuilt up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein xwith thanksgiving.

8 yBeware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after zthe tradition of men, after the ||rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. 9 For in him adwelleth all the bfulness of the Godhead cbodily. 10 And dye are complete in him, ewhich is the head of all fprincipality and fpower: 11 In whom also ye are circumcised with gthe circumcision made without hands, hin putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: 12 iBuried with him in baptism, wherein also jye are risen with him through kthe faith of lthe operation of God, mwho hath raised him from the dead. 13 nAnd you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; 14 opBlotting out the handwriting of qordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and rtook it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; 15 And shaving spoiled fprincipalities and fpowers, she made a shew of them openly, ttriumphing over them ||uin it.

16 Let no man therefore wjudge you ||xin meat, or in drink, or ||in respect of yan holyday, or of zthe new moon, or of athe sabbath days: 17 Which are ba shadow of things to come; but cthe body is of Christ. 18 dLet no man ||beguile you of your reward †in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, eintruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly fpuffed up by his fleshly mind, 19 And not gholding hthe Head, hfrom which all the body by joints and ibands iihaving nourishment ministered, and hknit together, jincreaseth with jjthe increase of God. 20 Wherefore kif ye be dead with Christ from the ||rudiments of the world, lwhy, as though living in the world, are ye msubject to ordinances, 21 n(Touch not; otaste not; handle not; 22 pWhich all are qto perish with the using;) after rthe commandments and rdoctrines of men? 23 sWhich things have indeed a shew of wisdom in twill worship, and thumility, and ||neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

3 aIf ye then be risen with Christ, seek bthose things which are above, cwhere Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your ||affection on bthings above, not on things on the earth. 3 For dye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is eour life, fshall appear, then shall ye also appear with him gin glory.

5 hMortify therefore iyour members which are upon the earth; kfornication, kuncleanness, lminordinate affection, evil mconcupiscence, and kcovetousness, nwhich is idolatry: 6 oFor which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on pthe children of ndisobedience: 7 In the which qye also walked rsome time, when ye lived in them. 8 But now ye also sput off all these; tanger, twrath, tmalice, tblasphemy, ufilthy communication out of your mouth. 9 wLie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off sxthe old man with his deeds; 10 And yhave put on zthe new man, awhich is renewed bin knowledge after cthe image of him that dcreated him: 11 Where there is neither efGreek nor Jew, gcircumcision nor uncircumcision, hBarbarian, iScythian, fbond nor free: but Christ is kall, and in all. 12 yPut on therefore, as lthe elect of God, holy and mbeloved, nobowels of mercies, okindness, phumbleness of mind, pmeekness, plongsuffering; 13 pForbearing one another, and oforgiving one another, if any man have a ||quarrel against any: oeven as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 14 qAnd above all these things rput on scharity, which is the tbond of uperfectness. 15 And let wthe peace of God rule in your hearts, xto the which also ye are called yin one body; zand be ye thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly abin all wisdom; bteaching and badmonishing one another cin psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing dwith grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And ewhatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, fgiving thanks to God and the Father by him.

18 gWives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, has it is fit in the Lord. 19 iHusbands, love your wives, and kbe not bitter against them. 20 lChildren, obey your parents min all things: for this is nwell pleasing unto the Lord. 21 oFathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be pdiscouraged. 22 qServants, obey min all things your masters according to the flesh; qnot with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but qin singleness of heart, fearing God: 23 And ewhatsoever ye do, do it rheartily, as sto the Lord, and not unto men; 24 tKnowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of uthe inheritance: for qsye serve the Lord Christ. 25 But he that doeth wrong wshall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and xthere is no respect of persons.

4 aMasters, give unto your servants that which is just and bequal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

2 cdContinue ein prayer, and fwatch in the same gwith thanksgiving; 3 Withal hpraying also for us, that God would iopen unto us a door of utterance, to speak kthe mystery of Christ, lfor which I am also in bonds: 4 That mI may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. 5 nWalk oin wisdom toward pthem that are without, qredeeming the time. 6 Let your speech be alway rwith grace, sseasoned with salt, that ye may know thow ye ought to answer every man.

7 uAll my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and wa faithful minister and wfellowservant in the Lord: 8 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and xcomfort your hearts; 9 With xxOnesimus, a yfaithful and beloved brother, jwho is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here. 10 zAristarchus amy fellowprisoner saluteth you, and bMarcus, csister’s son to dBarnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: eif he come unto you, receive him;) 11 And Jesus, which is called fJustus, gwho are of the circumcision. These only are my hfellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me. 12 iEpaphras, jwho is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always ||klabouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand lperfect and ||mcomplete in all mmthe will of God. 13 For I bear him record, that he hath a great nzeal for you, and them that are in oLaodicea, and them in Hierapolis. 14 pLuke, the beloved physician, and qDemas, greet you. 15 Salute the brethren which are in oLaodicea, and Nymphas, and rthe church which is in his house. 16 And when sthis epistle tis read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from oLaodicea. 17 And say to uArchippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. 18 wThe salutation by the hand of me Paul. xRemember ymy bonds. zGrace be with you. Amen.

Written afrom Rome to the Colossians by bTychicus and cOnesimus.

The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle

to the

Thessalonians

1 *aPaul, and aaSilvanus, and bTimotheus, unto the church of the cThessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: dGrace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 eWe give thanks to God always for you all, making fmention of you in our prayers; 3 Remembering gwithout ceasing hyour work of ifaith, and klabour of ilove, and lpatience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of mGod and our Father; 4 Knowing, brethren ||nbeloved, nyour election of God. 5 For our gospel came onot unto you in word only, but also oin power, and opin the Holy Ghost, and in qmuch assurance; as rye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. 6 And sye became followers of us, and of the Lord, thaving received the word in much affliction, uwwith joy of wthe Holy Ghost: 7 So that ye were xensamples to all that believe in yMacedonia and yAchaia. 8 For from you zsounded out the word of the Lord not only in yMacedonia and yAchaia, but also ain every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing. 9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of bentering in we had unto you, and how cye turned to God dfrom idols to serve ethe living and ftrue God; 10 And gto wait for hhis Son ifrom heaven, kwhom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, lwhich delivered us from mthe wrath to come.