h he now
reconciled, (22)by the body of his flesh, through death, to present you
holy, and blameless, and irreprehensible in his presence: (23)if ye
abide in faith grounded and firm, and never moved aside from the hope
of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which hath been preached to the
whole creation which is under heaven, of which I Paul am a minister.

(24)Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh the
measure of afflictions for Christ which remains to be endured for his
body, which is the church, (25)of which I am a minister, according to
the dispensation of God, which was given me for you to fulfil the
ministry of the word of God--(26)the mystery which was hid from ages
and from generations, but is now unveiled to his saints; (27)to whom
God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery
among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: (28)whom
we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom,
that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus; (29)for which
also I am labouring, conflicting in the energy of his might, which
worketh in me powerfully.

CHAP. II.

FOR I wish you to know how great a struggle I sustain for you, and
those at Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
(2)that their hearts may be comforted, firmly united together in love,
and unto all riches of full assurance of understanding, in the
knowledge of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
(3)in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

(4)Now this I say, lest any man pervert you with specious discourse.
(5)For though I am absent from you in person, yet I am present with you
in spirit, rejoicing and beholding your regular order, and the
stedfastness of your faith in Christ. (6)As therefore ye have received
Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him: (7)rooted and built up on him, and
confirmed in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with
thanksgiving. (8)Beware that no man make a prey of you by means of
philosophy and vain delusion, after the tradition of men, after the
principles of the world, and not after Christ: (9)for in him dwelleth
all the fulness of the Godhead bodily; (10)and ye are complete in him,
who is the head of all principality and power: (11)in whom also ye have
been circumcised with the circumcision not made with hands, by the
putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, through the circumc