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The Epistle of St. Paul The Apostle To The Laodiceans

This document is a translation of the Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Laodiceans. It contains Paul's greeting to the brethren at Laodicea, exhorting them to persevere in good works as they await judgment. He warns them not to be troubled by vain speeches that distort the truth of the gospel. Paul expresses his joy in suffering bonds for Christ, knowing it will lead to salvation through their prayers. He encourages living in fear of the Lord and doing what is sound, true, good, and just.

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The Epistle of St. Paul The Apostle To The Laodiceans

This document is a translation of the Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Laodiceans. It contains Paul's greeting to the brethren at Laodicea, exhorting them to persevere in good works as they await judgment. He warns them not to be troubled by vain speeches that distort the truth of the gospel. Paul expresses his joy in suffering bonds for Christ, knowing it will lead to salvation through their prayers. He encourages living in fear of the Lord and doing what is sound, true, good, and just.

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T H E E P I S T L E O F S T.

PA U L T H E A P O S T L E T O T H E

LAODICEANS
This Epistle has been highly esteemed by several lear ned men of the church of Rome and oth -
ers. The Quakers have printed a translation, and plead for it, as the r eader may see, by con -
sulting Poole's Annotation on Col. vi. 16. Sixtus Senensis mentions two MSS ., the one in the
Sorbonne Librar y at Paris, which is a ver y ancient copy, and the other in the Librar y of
Joannes a Viridario, at Padua, which he transcribed and published; and which is the authority
for the following translation. Ther e is a ver y old translation of this Epistle in the British Mu -
seum, among the Harleian MSS ., Cod. 1212.

CHAPTER 1 be a life to Christ, to die will be joy.


1 He salutes the br ethr en; 3 exhorts them 9 And our Lord will g rant us his
to persever e in good works, 4 and not to mercy, that ye may have the same
be moved by vain speaking . 6 Rejoices in love, and be like-minded.
his bonds, 10 desir es them to live in the 10 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye
fear of the Lord. have heard of the coming of the
PAUL an Apostle, not of men, Lord, so think and act in fear, and it
neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, shall be to you life eternal;
to the brethren which are at 11 For it is God, who worketh in
Laodicea. you:
2 Grace be to you, and peace from 12 And do all things without sin.
God the Father and our Lord Jesus 13 And what is best, my beloved re -
Christ. joice in the Lord Jesus Christ and
3 I thank Christ in ever y prayer of avoid all filthy lucre.
mine, that ye may continue and per - 14 Let all your requests be made
severe in g ood works, looking for known to God, and be steady in the
that which is promised in the day of doctrine of Christ.
judgment. 15 And whatsoever things are sound
4 Let not the vain speeches of any and tr ue, and of g ood report, and
trouble you, who per vert the tr uth, chaste, and just, and lovely, these
that they may draw you aside from things do.
the tr uth of the Gospel which I have 16 T hose things which ye have
preached. heard, and received, think on these
5 And now may God g rant, that my things, and peace shall be with you.
converts may attain to a perfect 17 All the saints salute you.
knowledg e of the tr uth of the Gos - 18 T he g race of our Lord Jesus
pel, be beneficent, and doing g ood Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
works which accompany salvation. 19 Cause this Epistle to be read to
6 And now my bonds, which I suffer the Colossians, and the Epistle of
in Christ, are manifest, in which I the Colossians to be read among
rejoice and am glad. For I know that you.
this shall turn to my salvation for
ever, which shall be through your
prayer, and the supply of the Holy
Spirit.
8 Whether I live or die, to live shall

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