I charge {\i thee} in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write:\par\tab These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:
and from Jesus Christ, {\i who is} the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood;
And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I {\i am} the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
Jesus answered him, {\cf6 Thou wouldest have no power against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath greater sin.}
See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
seeing that through the proving {\i of you} by this ministration they glorify God for the obedience of your confession unto the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of {\i your} contribution unto them and unto all;