¹² I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry,^(A) whether living in plenty or in want.^(B)

¹³ I can do all this through him who gives me strength.^(A)

¹⁹ And my God will meet all your needs^(A) according to the riches of his glory^(B) in Christ Jesus.

⁶ that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit^(A) and growing throughout the whole world^(B)—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace.

¹⁰ so that you may live a life worthy^(A) of the Lord and please him^(B) in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,^(C)

¹² having been buried with him in baptism,^(A) in which you were also raised with him^(B) through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.^(C)

¹³ When you were dead in your sins^(D) and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you^[a] alive^(E) with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,^{(F) 14} having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness,^(G) which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.^(H)

¹⁷ These are a shadow of the things that were to come;^(A) the reality, however, is found in Christ. ¹⁸ Do not let anyone who delights in false humility^(B) and the worship of angels disqualify you.^(C) Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. ¹⁹ They have lost connection with the head,^(D) from whom the whole body,^(E) supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.^(F)

²⁰ Since you died with Christ^(G) to the elemental spiritual forces of this world,^(H) why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:^(I)

Living as Those Made Alive in Christ

3 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ,^(A) set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.^{(B) 2} Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.^{(C) 3} For you died,^(D) and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. ⁴ When Christ, who is your^[a] life,^(E) appears,^(F) then you also will appear with him in glory.^(G)

¹⁵ Let the peace of Christ^(A) rule in your hearts, since as members of one body^(B) you were called to peace.^(C) And be thankful.