⁷ as you also learned from ^(A)Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is ^(B)a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf, ⁸ who also declared to us your ^(C)love in the Spirit.

Preeminence of Christ

^9 (D)For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask ^(E)that you may be filled with ^(F)the knowledge of His will ^(G)in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; ^10 (H)that you may walk worthy of the Lord, ^(I)fully pleasing Him, ^(J)being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the ^(K)knowledge of God; ^11 (L)strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, ^(M)for all patience and longsuffering ^(N)with joy; ^12 (O)giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of ^(P)the inheritance of the saints in the light. ¹³ He has delivered us from ^(Q)the power of darkness ^(R)and ^[a]conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, ^14 (S)in whom we have redemption ^[b]through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

Final Greetings^(A)

^7 (B)Tychicus, a beloved brother, faithful minister, and fellow servant in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me. ^8 (C)I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that ^[a]he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts, ⁹ with ^(D)Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you all things which are happening here.

^10 (E)Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, with ^(F)Mark the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions: if he comes to you, welcome him), ¹¹ and Jesus who is called Justus. These are my only fellow workers for the kingdom of God who are of the circumcision; they have proved to be a comfort to me.

^12 (G)Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always ^(H)laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand ^(I)perfect and ^[b]complete in all the will of God. ¹³ For I bear him witness that he has a great ^[c]zeal for you, and those who are in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis. ^14 (J)Luke the beloved physician and ^(K)Demas greet you. ¹⁵ Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea, and ^[d]Nymphas and ^(L)the church that is in ^[e]his house.

Closing Exhortations and Blessing

¹⁶ Now when ^(M)this epistle is read among you, see that it is read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you likewise read the epistle from Laodicea. ¹⁷ And say to ^(N)Archippus, “Take heed to ^(O)the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it.”

^18 (P)This salutation by my own hand—Paul. ^(Q)Remember my chains. Grace be with you. Amen.