Absent in Body, Present in Spirit
(Revelation 3:14–22)

1For I woulde that ye knew what great fight I haue for you, and for them that are at Laodicea, and for as many as haue not seene my face in the fleshe, 2That their heartes myght be comforted, beyng knyt together in loue, and in al riches of certaintie of vnderstanding, to knowe the misterie of God, and of the father, and of Christe, 3In whom are hyd all the treasures of wisdome and knowledge. 4This I say, lest any man shoulde begyle you with perswasion of wordes. 5For though I be absent in the fleshe, yet am I with you in the spirite, ioying and beholdyng your order, and your stedfast fayth in Christe.

Alive with Christ
(Ephesians 2:1–10)

6As ye haue therfore receaued Christe Iesus the Lorde, so walke ye in hym: 7Rooted and built in hym, & stablished in the fayth, as ye haue ben taught, aboundyng therin with thankes geuing.

8Beware lest any man spoyle you through philosophie & vayne deceipt, after the tradition of men, and after the rudimentes of the worlde, and not after Christe. 9For in hym dwelleth all the fulnesse of the Godhead bodyly: 10And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principalitie and power, 11In whom also ye are circumcised with circumcisio made without handes, by puttyng of the body of sinnes of the fleshe, in the circumcision of Christe: 12Buried with him in baptisme, in who ye are also risen agayne through ye fayth of the operation of God, who hath raysed hym from the dead. 13And ye beyng dead to sinne and to the vncircumcision of your fleshe, hath he quickened with him, forgeuyng all your trepasses, 14And puttyng out the hande writing of ordinaunces, that was agaynst vs, and that hath he taken out of the way, fastenyng it to his crosse: 15Spoylyng all principalities & powers, hath made a shewe of them openly, triumphyng ouer them in it.

16Let no man therfore iudge you in meate, or in drinke, or in part of an holyday, or of the newe moone, or of the Sabboth dayes: 17Which are shadowes of thynges to come: but the body (is) of Christe. 18Let no man begile you of victorie, in the humblenesse and worshippyng of Angels, intrudyng (hym selfe into those thinges) which he hath not seene, causelesse puft vp with his fleshly mynde, 19And holdeth not the head, wherof all the body by ioyntes & bandes supported and knit together, encreaseth with the encrease of God.

20Wherfore, yf ye be dead with Christe from ye rudimentes of the world: why, as though lyuyng in the worlde, are ye led with traditions, 21Touche not, taste not, handle not? 22Which all be in corruption, in abusyng after the commaundementes and doctrines of men. 23Which thynges haue a shewe of wisdome, in superstition & humblenesse of mynde, and in hurtyng of the body, not in any honour to the satisfiyng of ye flesh.