For this reason we also, since the day we heard about it, have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

to whom God willed to make known what the wealth of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles is, the mystery that is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

You Are Built Up in Christ

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have in your behalf and for those who are at Laodicea, and for all those who have not personally seen my face,

that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and that they would attain to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself,

in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

and have put on the new self, which is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created it—

knowing that it is from the Lord that you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.

Masters, grant your slaves justice and fairness, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

Your speech must always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.

For I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts;