1 F or I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

2 t hat their hearts may be comforted, being united in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the secret of the God and Father, and of the Christ,

that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, even Christ,

3 i n whom are all the treasures of the wisdom and the knowledge hid,

in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.

4 a nd this I say, that no one may beguile you in enticing words,

This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.

5 f or if even in the flesh I am absent -- yet in the spirit I am with you, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in regard to Christ;

For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

6 a s, then, ye did receive Christ Jesus the Lord, in him walk ye,

As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,

7 b eing rooted and built up in him, and confirmed in the faith, as ye were taught -- abounding in it in thanksgiving.

rooted and builded up in him, and established in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

8 S ee that no one shall be carrying you away as spoil through the philosophy and vain deceit, according to the deliverance of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,

Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:

9 b ecause in him doth tabernacle all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

10 a nd ye are in him made full, who is the head of all principality and authority,

and in him ye are made full, who is the head of all principality and power:

11 i n whom also ye were circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh in the circumcision of the Christ,

in whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

12 b eing buried with him in the baptism, in which also ye rose with through the faith of the working of God, who did raise him out of the dead.

having been buried with him in baptism, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

13 A nd you -- being dead in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh -- He made alive together with him, having forgiven you all the trespasses,

And you, being dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you, I say, did he make alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses;

14 h aving blotted out the handwriting in the ordinances that is against us, that was contrary to us, and he hath taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross;

having blotted out the bond written in ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us: and he hath taken it out that way, nailing it to the cross;

15 h aving stripped the principalities and the authorities, he made a shew of them openly -- having triumphed over them in it.

having despoiled the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

16 L et no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:

17 w hich are a shadow of the coming things, and the body of the Christ;

which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.

18 l et no one beguile you of your prize, delighting in humble-mindedness and worship of the messengers, intruding into the things he hath not seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,

Let no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he hath seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

19 a nd not holding the head, from which all the body -- through the joints and bands gathering supply, and being knit together -- may increase with the increase of God.

and not holding fast the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increasing with the increase of God.

20 I f, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances?

If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,

21 - - thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle --

Handle not, nor taste, nor touch

22 w hich are all for destruction with the using, after the commands and teachings of men,

(all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?

23 w hich are, indeed, having a matter of wisdom in will-worship, and humble-mindedness, and neglecting of body -- not in any honour, unto a satisfying of the flesh.

Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.