echo wp_editor to screen with formatting

Hello,

I’ve created a custom field containing a content editor (including formatting toolbar)

I can save any inputs such as text, font colour etc with no worries.

I am however struggling to out put the content on the front end. I can print the content but it removes the formatting.

Example of out put on the front end:

↓ span style="color: #ff0000;"↑ text↓ /span↑

The < and > are being replaced by up and down arrows.

The code I’m using to output is:

$sideOneTextOneEditor =  get_post_meta($post->ID, 'secTextEditor' , true ) ;

echo $sideOneTextOneEditor; ?>

Any help appreciated