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

Whatever you are doing, work at it with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not for people,

For I can testify that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and Hierapolis.

so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects – bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,

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.

And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your minds as expressed through your evil deeds,

And tell Archippus, “See to it that you complete the ministry you received in the Lord.”

And Jesus who is called Justus also sends greetings. In terms of Jewish converts, these are the only fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.