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Adapted from M. R. James, The Apocryphal New Testament (1924), pp. 478-479, public domain.
Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Apocryphal_New_Testament_(1924)/Epistles/The_Epistle_to_the_Laodiceans
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A letter to the believers in
Laodikeia
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DRAFT:
OET occurrence glosses in Latin order; contextual translation requires editorial review.
Source:
J.
B.
Lightfoot (1875), pp.
353-355, Latin text; public domain, via Project Gutenberg.
Source language:
Latin (lat).
Lightfoot’s reconstructed Greek is not used.
Glosses:
scripts/DC/LAO_latin_glosses.tsv; original OET draft work, not STEP annotations.
Names use explicit OET editorial spellings; no Greek transliteration is applied to Latin.
Changes:
HTML extraction, documented 16/17 verse split, occurrence glosses, ScriptedBibleEditor spelling, ESFM conversion.
Verses 16 and 17 split Lightfoot 16 (SourceRef 16a/16b), following James (1924); all Latin words retained.
Square brackets in verse 13 retain Lightfoot’s editorial supplement [reliquum].
No automatic word alignment to OET-RV is asserted.
See scripts/DC/README.
md.
Letter to the Laodiceans
Introduction
This short letter to the believers in Laodikeia (Laodicea) is written in Paulos’s (Paul’s) name. It echoes several passages from his letters, especially Philippians. It encourages its readers to hold onto the good message, remain united, and put what they’ve learnt into practice.
The letter survives in Latin manuscripts and later translations. Although Colossians 4:16 mentions a letter from Laodikeia, this text isn’t generally regarded as that lost letter or as a genuine letter by Paulos. It’s included here as part of the OET’s wider collection of additional books.
This draft adapts M. R. James’s 1924 English translation into current English, using OET names and terminology. The Latin text is difficult in places, especially verse 5, where the intended meaning isn’t certain.
Main components of this letter
Greeting and encouragement 1:1-5
Imprisonment, hope, and unity 1:6-9
Instructions and final greetings 1:10-20
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1 This letter is from Paulos (Paul), a missionary appointed by Yeshua (Jesus) the messiah, not by people or through any human authority. I’m writing to the fellow believers in Laodikeia (Laodicea). 2 May you all experience grace and peace from God the father and the master Yeshua the messiah.
3 I thank the messiah whenever I pray, because you remain in him and keep doing his work as you wait for the promise to be fulfilled on judgement day. 4 Don’t let the empty talk of people who slip in among you unsettle you. They’re trying to turn you away from the truth of the good message that I announce. 5 Now God will enable those who are associated with me to keep serving the truth of the good message, helping it spread, doing good, and working towards salvation—eternal life.[fn]
1:5 The Latin wording of this verse is difficult. This draft follows James’s interpretation of its general sense; the precise meaning needs further review.
6 Everyone can now see the chains I wear because of the messiah, and I rejoice and am glad about them. 7 This will lead to my lasting salvation through your prayers and the help of the holy spirit, whether I live or die. 8 For me, living means living in the messiah, and dying is joy. 9 In his mercy, he’ll do the same in you, so that you share the same love and are united in your thinking.
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7 And this for_me is for salvation perpetual; which itself brought_about by_prayers of_you_all and supplying the_spirit holy, whether through life or through death.
8 It_is for to_me to_live in chosen_one/messiah and to_die joy.
9 And that same_thing in you_all he_will_do by_mercy of_him, so_that the_same love you_all_may_have and you_all_may_be of_one_mind.
10 So, dear friends, hold onto what you heard when I was with you. Put it into practice with reverence for God, and you’ll have eternal life, 11 because it’s God who’s at work in you. 12 Whatever you do, do it without hesitation.
13 Finally, dear friends, rejoice in the messiah, and watch out for people who are greedy for dishonest gain. 14 Bring all your requests openly before God, and remain firm in the messiah’s way of thinking. 15 Do what’s wholesome, true, pure, right, and worthy of love. 16 Keep what you’ve heard and received firmly in your hearts, 17 and you’ll have peace.
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15 And what sound and true and pure and just and lovable, do.
16 And what you_all_heard and received in the_heart hold_fast; 17 and will_be to_you_all peace.
18 Greet you_all the_holy_ones.
19 Grace of_master Yaʸsous with the_spirit of_you_all.
20 And cause to_be_read to_those_in_Kolossai and of_those_in_Kolossai to_you_all.
