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Be anxious for nothing; but at all times, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, make known your requests before God.

And I rejoice greatly in our Lord, that ye have [fn] commenced caring for me; even as ye had before cared [fn] but ye had not the opportunity.

Yet I say this, not because I was in want; for I have learned to make that satisfy me, which I have.

I find strength for every thing, in the Messiah who strengtheneth me.

And to God our Father, be glory and honor, for ever and ever. Amen.

We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, at all times, and pray for you;

because of the hope that is laid up for you in heaven, of which ye heard before in the word of truth of the gospel;

as ye learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful minister of the Messiah;

Therefore we also, from the day we heard [fn] , have not ceased to pray for you; and to ask that ye may be filled with a knowledge of the good pleasure of God, in all wisdom, and in all spiritual understanding;

and may, with joy, give thanks to God the Father, who hath fitted us for a portion of the inheritance of the saints in light;

For it pleased [fn] , that in him all fullness should dwell;

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 for this also, I toil and strive, with the aid of the strength that is imparted to me.

And I wish you to know, what a struggle I have for you, and for them of Laodicea, and for the others who have not seen my face in the flesh;

For though I am separated from you in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit; and I rejoice at beholding your good order, and the stability of your faith in the Messiah.

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

For if ye are dead with the Messiah from the rudiments of the world, why are ye judged as if ye were living in the world?

for these things perish in the using; and they are the commandments and doctrines of men.

for ye are dead; and your life is hidden with the Messiah, in God.