1. I want you to know that I am trying very hard to help you. And I am trying to help those in Laodicea and others who have never seen me.
2. I want them to be strengthened and joined together with love. I want them to be rich in the strong belief that comes from understanding. I mean I want you to know fully God’s secret truth. That truth is Christ himself.
3. And in him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are safely kept.
4. I say this so that no one can fool you by arguments that seem good, but are false.
5. I am not there with you, but my heart is with you. I am happy to see your good lives and your strong faith in Christ.
6. As you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so continue to live in him.