If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits ¹  of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?

Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends you greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him).

Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

bearing with one another and forgiving ¹  one another, if someone happens to have ²  a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others. ³ 

if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, ¹  without shifting ²  from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.

Fathers, ¹  do not provoke ²  your children, so they will not become disheartened.

For the one who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, ¹  and there are no exceptions. ² 

Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave ¹  or free, but Christ is all and in all.