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and hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and brought us into the kingdom of his beloved Son,

And by him was every thing created that is in heaven and in earth; all that is seen, and all that is unseen, whether thrones or dominions, or princes or powers; all things by his hand and through him were created;

and by him to reconcile all things to himself, and to make peace through the blood of his cross, (even) by him, whether they be inhabitants in earth or in heaven.

hath he reconciled now in the body of his flesh and through his death, to constitute you saints before him without spot and without blame;

I rejoice in the sufferings which are on your account, and fulfil the void of the afflictions of the Meshiha in my flesh for the sake of his body,

that mystery which was hidden from ages and generations, but now hath been revealed unto his saints.

and hath blotted out in his mandates the writing of our debts that was against us, and hath taken it from the midst, and affixed it to his cross;

and by the yielding up of his body he hath prostrated principalities and powers, and hath shamed them openly by himself.

And lest any man wish by abasement of mind to fetter you to be subject to the worship of angels, intruding [fn] upon that which he hath not seen, and vainly inflated in his fleshly mind;

and lie not one to another, but put off the old man with all his manners,

and wear the new, who is renovated by knowledge in the image of his Creator,

And bear with one another, and forgive one another, if any man have a complaint against his neighbour; even as the Meshiha hath forgiven you, so also forgive;

Ask the peace of the brethren who are in Laodikia, and of Nymfa, and of the church which is in his house.

awaiting his Son from heaven, Jeshu himself, whom he raised from among the dead, and who delivered us from the wrath that cometh.

but as approved of Aloha to be intrusted with his gospel, so speaking as not to please men, but Aloha who trieth our hearts.

As you know how every one of you, as a father his children, we exhorted, and spoke with your hearts;

and (now) we testify to you how you should walk worthy of Aloha himself who hath called you to his kingdom and to his glory.

For what is our hope and our joy, and the crown of our glorying, but you, before our Lord Jeshu at his coming ?

and will establish your hearts without blame in holiness, before Aloha our Father, at the advent of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha with all his saints.

and that every man of you know to possess his vessel in sanctification and in honour,