Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.

from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

Peace to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy,

For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.