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and through him to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens.

yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;

even the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,

whereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:

Let no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he hath seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath to come.

as ye know how we dealt with each one of you, as a father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging you, and testifying,

to the end that ye should walk worthily of God, who calleth you into his own kingdom and glory.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

to the end he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.

and to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire,

who shall suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all them that believed (because our testimony unto you was believed) in that day.