¹For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

¹Lebo chcem, aby ste vedeli, jaký veľký boj mám za vás, a za takých, ktorí sú v Laodicei, a za všetkých, ktorí nevideli mojej tvári v tele,

²that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, [even] Christ,

²aby boly potešené ich srdcia, spojených v jedno v láske, a to cieľom všetkého bohatstva plnosti rozumu, cieľom pravého poznania tajomstva Boha a Otca a Krista,

³in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.

³v ktorom sú skryté všetky poklady múdrosti a známosti.

⁴This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.

⁴Ale to hovorím, aby vás nikto neoklamal falošnými dôvodmi, pravde podobnou rečou.

⁵For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

⁵Lebo ak som aj telom neprítomný, ale som duchom s vami radujúc sa a vidiac váš poriadok a pevnosť vašej viery v Krista.

⁶As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk in him,

⁶A tak tedy, jako ste prijali Krista Ježiša Pána, tak v ňom choďte,

⁷rooted and builded up in him, and established in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

⁷zakorenení a budovaní na ňom a upevňovaní vo viere, jako ste naučení, hojnejúc v nej ďakovaním.

⁸Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:

⁸Hľaďte, aby vás niekto nezajal v lúpež filozofiou a prázdnym zvodom učiac podľa podania ľudí, podľa živlov sveta a nie podľa Krista;

⁹for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

⁹lebo v ňom prebýva všetka plnosť božstva v telesne,

¹⁰and in him ye are made full, who is the head of all principality and power:

¹⁰a ste v ňom naplnení, ktorý je hlavou každého kniežatstva a každej vrchnosti,

¹¹in whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;

¹¹v ktorom ste aj obrezaní obriezkou, nie učinenou rukou, vo svlečení tele hriechov ľudského tela, v obriezke Kristovej,

¹²having been buried with him in baptism, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

¹²súc s ním spolu pohrobení v krste, v ktorom, totiž v Kristovi, ste aj spolu vstali z mŕtvych skrze vieru pôsobenia Boha, ktorý ho vzkriesil z mŕtvych.

¹³And you, being dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you, [I say], did he make alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses;

¹³I vás, ktorí ste boli mŕtvi v hriechoch a v neobrezanosti svojho tela, spolu oživil s ním darujúc vám z milosti všetky hriechy,

¹⁴having blotted out the bond written in ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us: and he hath taken it out that way, nailing it to the cross;

¹⁴vymažúc písmo, napísané proti nám, záležajúce v rôznych nariadeniach, ktoré bolo proti nám, a vzal ho z prostredku pribijúc ho na kríž

¹⁵having despoiled the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

¹⁵a odzbrojac kniežatstvá a vrchnosti vystavil ich verejne na odiv víťazosláviac nad nimi v ňom.

¹⁶Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:

¹⁶Tedy nech vás nikto nesúdi pre pokrm alebo nápoj alebo pre nejaký sviatok alebo novmesiac alebo pre soboty,

¹⁷which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.

¹⁷čo všetko je tôňou budúcich vecí, ale telo je Kristovo.

¹⁸Let no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he hath seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

¹⁸Nech vás nikto nepripraví o víťazné chcúc to docieliť samozvolenou pokorou a náboženstvom anjelov dávajúc sa do toho, čoho nevidel, súc darmo nadúvaný mysľou svojho tela

¹⁹and not holding fast the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increasing with the increase of God.

¹⁹a nedržiac sa hlavy, odkiaľ celé telo skrze poje a sväzky zaopatrované výživou a spolu viazané, rastie vzrastom Božím.

²⁰If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances,

²⁰A tak jestli ste s Kristom odumreli živlom sveta, prečo si potom ešte, jako keby ste žili v svete, dáte predpisovať zákony

²¹Handle not, nor taste, nor touch

²¹(Vraj nechyť sa ani neokús ani sa nedotkni!

²²(all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?

²²Čo všetko je spotrebou na zkazu) podľa príkazov a učení ľudí.

²³Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; [but are] not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

²³Čo má smysel v múdrosti v samozvolenom náboženstve a v takej pokore jako aj v nešetrení tela, kým to nemá nijakej ceny a je iba na zasýtenie tela.