I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

For even if I made you sad by my letter, I do not regret having written it (even though I did regret it, for I see that my letter made you sad, though only for a short time).

You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone,

I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, which is how I write in every letter.

And after you have read this letter, have it read to the church of Laodicea. In turn, read the letter from Laodicea as well.

revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts.