but now he has reconciled you ¹  by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him –

and through him to reconcile all things to himself by making peace through the blood of his cross – through him, ¹  whether things on earth or things in heaven.

Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices

being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of ¹  all patience and steadfastness, joyfully

that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints.

Toward this goal ¹  I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully ²  works in me.

He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves, ¹ 

Let no one who delights in humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths ¹  about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind. ² 

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.

For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, ¹  have not ceased praying for you and asking God ²  to fill ³  you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him – all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, ¹  whether principalities or powers – all things were created through him and for him.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body – for the sake of his body, the church – what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.