For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.
A great zeal. 'Aleph (') A B C, Vulgate, have 'much labour' х ponon (G4192) for zeelon (G2205)]. For you - lest you should be seduced (Colossians 2:4). How anxious then you should be for yourselves!
Them ... in Laodicea ... Hierapolis - churches probably founded by Epaphras, as the church in Colosse was. Hierapolis, 20 miles north west of Colosse, famed for mineral springs and a mephitic cavern, 'Plutonium,' connected with the worship of Cybele.