² that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, ^[a]both of the Father and of Christ,

^27 (A)To them God willed to make known what are ^(B)the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: ^[a]which is ^(C)Christ in you, ^(D)the hope of glory.

^8 (A)I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that ^[a]he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,

^14 (A)But above all these things ^(B)put on love, which is the ^(C)bond of perfection.

^22 (A)whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our affairs, and that he may ^(B)comfort your hearts.

¹⁵ He is ^(A)the image of the invisible God, ^(B)the firstborn over all creation. ¹⁶ For ^(C)by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or ^(D)dominions or ^[a]principalities or ^[b]powers. All things were created ^(E)through Him and for Him. ^17 (F)And He is before all things, and in Him ^(G)all things consist.

⁸ Yet indeed I also count all things loss ^(A)for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ

Unity Through Humility

2 Therefore if there is any ^[a]consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any ^(A)affection and mercy,

⁹ and to make all see what is the ^[a]fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who ^(A)created all things ^[b]through Jesus Christ; ^10 (B)to the intent that now ^(C)the ^[c]manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church ^(D)to the ^[d]principalities and powers in the heavenly places,