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And yet I might place reliance on the flesh. For, if any one thinketh that his reliance should be on the flesh, I might [fn] more than he.

that thereby I might know Jesus, and the efficacy of his resurrection; and might participate in his sufferings, and be assimilated to his death:

who will change the body of our abasement, that it may have the likeness of the body of his glory, according to his great power, whereby all things are made subject to him.

And may God supply all your necessity, according to his riches, in the glory of Jesus the Messiah.

and may be strengthened with all strength, according to the greatness of his glory, in all patience and long suffering;

and hath rescued us from the dominion of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son;

and by him, to reconcile all things to himself; and through him, he hath pacified, with the blood of his cross, both [fn] on earth and those in heaven.

to you, he hath now given peace, by the body of his flesh, and by his death; that he might establish you in his presence, holy, without blemish, and without offence;

And I rejoice in the sufferings which are for your sakes; and, in my flesh, I fill up the deficiency in the afflictions of the Messiah, in behalf of his body, which is the church;

[namely,] that mystery, which was hidden for ages and generations, but is now revealed to his saints [fn] {namely,}

and, by his mandates, he blotted out the handwriting of our debts, which [fn] existed against us, and took [fn] from the midst, and affixed [fn] to his cross.

And, by yielding up his body, he showed contempt for principalities and authorities; and put them to shame, openly, in his own person.

And let no one wish, by abasing the mind, to bring you under bonds, that ye subject yourselves to the worship of angels; while he is prying into that which he hath not seen, and is vainly inflated in his fleshly mind,

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

and put ye on the new [fn] , that is renewed in knowledge, after the likeness of his Creator;

And be ye indulgent towards one another, and forgiving to one another: and if any one has a complaint against his neighbor, as the Messiah forgave you, so also do ye forgive.

And let his word dwell in you richly, in all wisdom. And teach and admonish yourselves, by psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, and with grace in your hearts sing ye unto God.

Salute ye the brethren in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church in his house.

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

as yourselves know, we entreated each one of you, as a father his children, and comforted your hearts: