He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.

For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in the Son

and through him to reconcile all things to himself by making peace through the blood of his cross – through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven.

Pray that I may make it known as I should.

but now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him –

rooted and built up in him and firm in your faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

Disarming the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him – all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers – all things were created through him and for him.

Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.

He has destroyed what was against us, a certificate of indebtedness expressed in decrees opposed to us. He has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.

Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,

For in him all the fullness of deity lives in bodily form,

Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices

Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.

Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.

Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters who are in Laodicea and to Nympha and the church that meets in her house.

He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.

being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of all patience and steadfastness, joyfully

that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints.

Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.