Letters to the Churches

Howbeit ye did well that ye had fellowship with my affliction.

And ye yourselves also know, ye Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church had fellowship with me in the matter of giving and receiving but ye only;

for even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my need.

Not that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that increaseth to your account.

But I have all things, and abound: I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God.

And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Now unto our God and Father be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren that are with me salute you.

All the saints salute you, especially they that are of Cæsar’s household.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

to the saints and faithful brethren in Christthat areat Colossæ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints,

because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as it doth in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

even as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;

giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins:

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;