to the saints, the faithful<n id="1" /> brothers and sisters<n id="2" /> in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you<n id="3" /> from God our Father!<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Tychicus, a dear brother, faithful minister, and fellow slave<n id="1" /> in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me.<n id="2" />

I sent him<n id="1" /> with Onesimus, the faithful and dear brother, who is one of you.<n id="2" /> They will tell<n id="3" /> you about everything here.p>

Your faith and love have arisen<n id="1" /> from the hope laid up<n id="2" /> for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel<n id="3" />

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

And after<n id="1" /> you have read this letter, have it read<n id="2" /> to the church of Laodicea. In turn, read the letter from Laodicea<n id="3" /> as well.

that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel<n id="1" /> is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing<n id="2" /> among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.

God wanted to make known to them the glorious<n id="1" /> riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

For though<n id="1" /> I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to see<n id="2" /> your morale<n id="3" /> and the firmness of your faith in Christ.p>

Let the word of Christ<n id="1" /> dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace<n id="2" /> in your hearts to God.