this epistle Lit., the epistle; as Rom 16:22; 2 Thessalonians 3:14. "The letter now before you."

is read I.e., shall have been read.

in the church of the Laodiceans Hierapolis is not mentioned in this charge. Was Laodicea already beginning to grow "lukewarm" (Revelation 3:15) as the sister-church was not?

"A similar [and still more solemn] charge is given in 1 Thessalonians 5:27. The precaution here is probably suggested by the distastefulness of the Apostle's warnings" (Lightfoot).

theepistle from Laodicea I.e., which will reach you viâLaodicea. On the question whether this was our "Epistle to the Ephesians" see Introd., ch. 5.

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