Introduction Colossians was one of Paul’s “prison epistles,” written while he was under house arrest in Rome, at the same time as Ephesians and Philemon and carried to Colossae by Tychicus (Colossians 4:7; Ephesians 6:21). There is a great deal of overlap and repetition between Colossians and Ephesians, leading (along with other things) to the […]
Chapter twelve begins the final section of Paul’s letter, in which he took the immense doctrine taught in the first eleven chapters and provided several principles and commands that should drive the Christian lifestyle. The first step of true discipleship after initial saving faith is for a Christian to make the declaration that he is
Chapter three begins with a natural question coming from the end of chapter two. If the Jews are just as bad off as the Gentiles, “What advantage does the Jew have?” (Romans 3:1) The answer is actually, “Many!” although Paul would not mention them all until much later in this letter. At this point, one
