...And we are encouraged to the same holy employment by the admonition of St. Paul to the Colossians — "When this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans." (Col. iv. 16.) Then, again, look how important it is in handing down to future generations the sacred...

...which they sent to the various churches should be read publicly for the benefit of all, appears from Col. iv. 16. "And when this epistle is read among...also in the church of the Laodiceans, and that ye also read the epistle from Laodicea." And in I Thess. v. 27, " I charge you by the Lord, that this...

...the Apostolic Bishop, probably in the Church of Laodicea.* To the Colossians, the Apostle says : " And when this epistle is read among you, cause that...Church of the Laodiceans ; and that ye likewise read that from Laodicea. And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which them hast received in the...

...read the Epistles he addressed to them ? and " when this epistle,' 1 'says he to the Colossians, " is read among you, cause that it be read also in the Church of the Laodiceans."**The same apostle, writing also to the Thessalonians, says to them, " I charge you by...

...acquaintance with the healing art. }f And Demas. Demas is mentioned in two other places, Philem. 24, and read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of-the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea. 2 Tim. iv. 10. He is here spoken...

...brethren," (chap. v. v. 27) : and to the Collossians he writes, " After this Epistle is read amongst you, cause that it be read also in the Church of the Laodeceans," (chap. iv. v. 16.) We see then, that amongst Christians it has been usual to read the...

...right understanding of the Gospel, and to an effectual exclusion of the most fundamental errors. * " And when this Epistle is read among you, cause that it be also read in the church of the Laodiceans ; and that ye likewise read the Epistle from Laodicea." —...

...Apostle of the gentiles recommended all Christians to read the Epistles which he addressed to them ? " And when this Epistle is read among you, cause that...it be read also in the Church of the Laodiceans." (Coloss. iv. 16.) The same Apostle, writing to the Thessalonians, says to them also, " I charge you...

...addressed to them ? " And when this epistle," he saith to the Colossians (iv. 16), " is read amongst you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans." The same Apostle, in his first Epistle to the Thessalonians (v. 27), again says : " I charge you by...

...you ! Salut<>thc Brethren which an- in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the Church, which is in his house! Ijiodiccans ; and that ye likewise read the Epistle from Laodicea ! Beloved indeed in that and in every...