For the one who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong,<n id="1" /> and there are no exceptions.<n id="2" />

Our dear friend Luke the physician and Demas greet you.

At the same time pray<n id="1" /> for us too, that<n id="2" /> God may open a door for the message<n id="3" /> so that we may proclaim<n id="4" /> the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">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).

<t /><p class="bodytext">From Paul,<n id="1" /> an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

who also told us of your love in the Spirit.p>

And to all these<n id="1" /> virtues<n id="2" /> add<n id="3" /> love, which is the perfect bond.<n id="4" />

Whatever you are doing,<n id="1" /> work at it with enthusiasm,<n id="2" /> as to the Lord and not for people,<n id="3" />

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.

Toward this goal<n id="1" /> I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully<n id="2" /> works in me.p>

When Christ (who is your<n id="1" /> life) appears, then you too will be revealed in glory with him.

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer everyone.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" />

<p class="bodytext">I, Paul, write this greeting by my own hand.<n id="1" /> Remember my chains.<n id="2" /> Grace be with you.<n id="3" />p>

He has destroyed<n id="1" /> what was against us, a certificate of indebtedness<n id="2" /> expressed in decrees opposed to us. He has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.

<t /><p class="bodytext">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<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 whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.p>

And Jesus who is called Justus also sends greetings. In terms of Jewish converts,<n id="1" /> these are the only fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.

<p class="bodytext">Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body &#8211; for the sake of his body, the church &#8211; what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.