²¹ Timothy,^(A) my co-worker, sends his greetings to you, as do Lucius,^(B) Jason^(C) and Sosipater, my fellow Jews.^(D)

²³ Epaphras,^(A) my fellow prisoner^(B) in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings.

¹⁰ My fellow prisoner Aristarchus^(A) sends you his greetings, as does Mark,^(B) the cousin of Barnabas.^(C) (You have received instructions about him; if he comes to you, welcome him.)

¹⁰ For we are God’s handiwork,^(A) created^(B) in Christ Jesus to do good works,^(C) which God prepared in advance for us to do.

²² I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea^(A) that are in Christ.^(B)

¹⁷ Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,^(A) the new creation^(B) has come:^[a] The old has gone, the new is here!^(C)

John’s Vision of Christ

⁹ I, John,^(A) your brother and companion in the suffering^(B) and kingdom^(C) and patient endurance^(D) that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God^(E) and the testimony of Jesus.^(F)