Was written by Paul, from Rome, A. D. 62. The occasion of the letter was the intelligence brought him by Epaphras, Colossians 1:6-8, respecting the internal state of the church, which apparently he himself had not yet visited, Colossians 2:1, though familiar with their history and affairs, Acts 16:6 18:23. Some Jewish philosopher professing Christianity, but mingling with it a superstitious regard for the law and other errors, seems to have gained a dangerous ascendancy in the church. Paul shows that all our hope of salvation is in Christ the only mediator, in whom all fullness dwells; he cautions the Colossians against the errors introduced among them, as inconsistent with the gospel, and incites them by most persuasive arguments to a temper and conduct worthy of their Christian character. The epistle was written at the same time with that to the Ephesians, and was sent by the same bearer. The two closely resemble each other, and should be studied together.

The Epistle to the Colossians
... The Epistle to the Colossians. CONTENTS ... p.20. According to the Epistle the Colossians
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The Epistle to the Colossians.
... CHAPTER XII. THE NEW TESTAMENT. Section 94. The Epistle to the Colossians.
The Churches in Phrygia. The cities of Colossae, Laodicea ...
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The Epistle to the Colossians Time the Criterion of Truth and ...
... Paul's epistles... Chapter XIX."The Epistle to the Colossians Time the
Criterion of Truth and Heresy. Application of the Canon. ...
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From the Epistle to the Colossians.
... A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of
Infants Chapter 47."From the Epistle to the Colossians. ...
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The Epistle to the Ephesians
... The Epistle to the Colossians is more personal and controversial than that to the
Ephesians; the former treats of Christ, the Head of the Church, while the ...
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The Epistle to Philemon
... The latter thinks that this note may have accompanied the Epistle to the Colossians,
to illustrate by a fictitious example the social precepts contained in ...
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The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians --The Epistle of ...
... CHAPTER XIV THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS"THE EPISTLE OF PAUL
TO PHILEMON. THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS ...
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The Epistle to Philemon.
... converted by him to the Christian faith, and now desired to return, as a penitent,
in company with Tychicus, the bearer of the Epistle to the Colossians (Col.4 ...
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Colossians and Ephesians Compared and vindicated.
... Hitzig proposed a middle view (1870), that a genuine Epistle of Paul to the Colossians
was enlarged and adapted by the same author who wrote Ephesians, and ...
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The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians
... Rome is not mentioned in the Epistle, but the connection between Ephesians, Colossians,
Philemon, and Philippians points to the high probability that they were ...
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