TSK · Colossians 4:12

And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]

Paul’s Motivation for Writing the Letter But I myself am fully convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

Wisdom from God Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing.

Final Exhortations and Greetings Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice, set things right, be encouraged, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

My children– I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you!

You learned the gospel from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave– a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf–

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

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those who have not met me face to face.

Conclusion Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.

¶ Salutation From James, a slave of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dispersed abroad. Greetings!

¶ Salutation From Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, have been granted a faith just as precious as ours.