Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the believers ¹  who are with them.

Now those who belong to Christ ¹  have crucified the flesh ²  with its passions ³  and desires.

You must put away every kind of bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and evil, slanderous talk.

But you know his qualifications, that like a son working with his father, he served with me in advancing the gospel.

If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits ¹  of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world?

When Christ (who is your ¹  life) appears, then you too will be revealed in glory with him.

I sent him ¹  with Onesimus, the faithful and dear brother, who is one of you. ²  They will tell ³  you about everything here.

He died ¹  for us so that whether we are alert or asleep ²  we will come to life together with him.

When this voice was conveyed from heaven, we ourselves ¹  heard it, for we were with him on the holy mountain. ² 

Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, ¹  and on my return I would have received my money back with interest! ² 

Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all the disciples said the same thing.

Let the Christ, ¹  the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!” Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him. ² 

Some time ¹  afterward ²  he went on through towns ³  and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news ⁴  of the kingdom of God. ⁵  The ⁶  twelve were with him,

The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go ¹  with him, but Jesus ²  sent him away, saying,

Why then didn’t you put ¹  my money in the bank, ²  so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?’

Then a slave girl, ¹  seeing him as he sat in the firelight, stared at him and said, “This man was with him too!”

Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, ¹  dressing him in elegant clothes, ²  Herod ³  sent him back to Pilate.

Now it was Mary Magdalene, ¹  Joanna, ²  Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles.

Then ¹  some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see him.” ² 

but they urged him, ¹  “Stay with us, because it is getting toward evening and the day is almost done.” So ²  he went in to stay with them.