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The Epistle to the Colossians is a book of the Bible New Testament . It is a letter from Paul to the church in Colossae . OCCASION OF WRITING It was written by Paul at Rome during his first imprisonment there (, or, as some scholars think, 62 , and soon after he had written his Epistle To Ephesians . Like some of his other . CONTENT OF THE LETTER Like most of Paul's epistles, this consists of two parts: a doctrinal and a practical. The doctrinal part comprises the first two chapters. His main Theme is developed in chapter 2. He warns them against being drawn away from Him in whom dwelt all the fulness of the Christian Godhead , and who was the head of all spiritual powers. Christ was the head of the body of which they were members; and if they were truly united to him, what needed they more? The practical part of the epistle (3-4) enforces various duties naturally flowing from the doctrines expounded. They are exhorted to mind things that are above (3:1-4), to mortify every evil principle of their nature, and to put on the new man (3:5-14). Many special duties of the Christian life are also insisted upon as the fitting evidence of the Christian character. . (The apocryphal Epistle To The Laodiceans is almost universally believed to be a Forgery based on this instruction.) He then closes this brief but striking epistle with his usual autograph salutation. There is a remarkable resemblance between this epistle and that to the Ephesians. AUTHORSHIP According to Raymond Brown (''An Introduction to the New Testament'' York: Doubleday, 1997 , p. 610), "At the present moment about 60 percent of critical scholarship holds that Paul did not write the letter." The disagreements concern language, style, and the presence or absence of characteristic Pauline concepts. However, the differences between these elements in this letter and one commonly considered the genuine work of Paul (e.g. 1 Thessalonians ) can also be explained by human variability. For more details, see the article Authorship Of The Pauline Epistles . EXTERNAL LINKS Online translations of the Epistle to the Colossians: Related articles: |
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