1. For I want you to know the kind of solicitude that I have for you, and for those who are at Laodicea, as well as for those who have not seen my face in the flesh.
2. May their hearts be consoled and instructed in charity, with all the riches of a plenitude of understanding, with knowledge of the mystery of God the Father and of Christ Jesus.
3. For in him are hidden all treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4. Now I say this, so that no one may deceive you with grandiose words.