¹⁴ Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brethren that are with them.

²⁹ For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained `to be' conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

² To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ `that are' at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

¹ Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, `even' Jesus;

²² Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

²³ having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.