to the saints in Colossae, and to the faithful brethren in Christ: Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love that [is] to all the saints,

as ye also learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful ministrant of the Christ,

if also ye remain in the faith, being founded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the good news, which ye heard, which was preached in all the creation that [is] under the heaven, of which I became -- I Paul -- a ministrant.

for if even in the flesh I am absent -- yet in the spirit I am with you, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in regard to Christ;

being rooted and built up in him, and confirmed in the faith, as ye were taught -- abounding in it in thanksgiving.

being buried with him in the baptism, in which also ye rose with [him] through the faith of the working of God, who did raise him out of the dead.

All the things concerning me make known to you shall Tychicus -- the beloved brother, and faithful ministrant, and fellow-servant in the Lord --

with Onesimus the faithful and beloved brother, who is of you; all things to you shall they make known that [are] here.