...corrupted but the corruption must have been detected, by comparing different copies with each other. Cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans — "The members of the church at Laodicea having, before their conversion,'enterlained the same principles,...

...apostolic writings were probably transmitted from church to church in the manner indicated by St. Paul in Col. iv. 16 — "And when this epistle is read among...the church of the Laodiceans, and that ye likewise ' In compiling this chapter, I have availed myself of the labours of several preceding writers, but...

...Сотр. 1 Thess. v. 27. " I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren." Col. iv. 16. " And when this epistle is read among...it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans." It is evident that Paul expected that his epistles would obtain circulation among the churches ; and...

...Colossians : " Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house. And when this epistle is read among you, cause that...it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans." The word uniformly bears this signification when applied to any of the separate assemblies of Christ's...

...the Apostle makes known his earnest desire, that when that Epistle was read among them, they would " cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and that" they themselves, of Colosse, would "likewise read the Epistle from Laodicea."-fAnd the character of...

...iv. 13, 16. For I bear him record, that he hath a greiit zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea And when this epistle is read among you, cause that...read also in the church of the Laodiceans ; and that y<likewise read the Epistle from Laodicea. (3) Rev. iii. 14 — 18. And unto the angel of the church...

...fourth chapter of the Epistle to the Colossians. The text which contains that reference is this : " reed the epistle from Laodicea," ch. iv. 1C. The " epistle from Law. diwa" was an epistle sent by St....

...(Rom. xv. 4.) " And these things write we unto you, that your joy might be full." (1 John i. 4.) " When this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans." (Col. iv. 16.) " I charge you, by the Lord, that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren."...

...Colossians, iv. 16, he gives the following directions : " When this Epistle shall have been read with you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that you read that which is of the Laodiceans." Here, we have St. Paul commanding, that even epistles, not...

...the New Testament, which has been thought to refer to an epistle of Paul not now extant is that in Col. iv. 16. " And when this epistle is read among you, cause also that it be read in the church of the Laodiceans, and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea."...