Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart;

speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

Bondservants and Masters

Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ;

not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our affairs, and that he may comfort your hearts.