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{{quote | text={{web_verse|Colossians|1|1}} [[Colossians (WEB)|Full Text of Colossians]]}}
The Epistle to the Colossians is a book of the [[New Testament]]. It was a letter written by the [[apostle Paul]] to the [[church]] in [[Colossae]].
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topic_name = Colossians
* [[Colossians, Epistle to the (EBD)|Easton's Bible Dictionary entry on the Epistle to the Colossians]] |
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[[Colossians 4|4]]
==Main articleCommentary== The Epistle to the Colossians is a book of the [[New Testament]]. It was a letter written by the [[apostle Paul]] to the [[church]] in [[Colossae]].
===Author and date===
The church probably was mostly formed through [[Gentile]] converts - [[Colossians 1:27]]
: ''{{web_verseBible verse|colossians|1|27|lang=WEB}}''
[[Tychicus]] was the bearer of the letter, as he was also of that to the [[Ephesians]] and to [[Epistle to Philemon|Philemon]], and he would tell them of the state of the apostle ([[Colossians 4]]:7-9). After friendly greetings (10-14), Paul bids them to interchange this letter with the one that he had sent to the neighbouring Laodicean Church. (The apocryphal Epistle to the Laodiceans is generally believed to be a forgery based on this instruction)
In chapters [[Colossians 3|3]] and [[Colossians 4|4]] Paul writes practically, teaching about various duties that naturally flow from the doctrines he has expounded. The Colossians are exhorted to mind things that are above ([[Colossians 3]]:1-4), to mortify every evil principle of their nature, and to put on the new man ([[Colossians 3]]:5-14). Many special duties of the Christian life are also insisted upon as the fitting evidence of the Christian character.
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Colossians Wikipedia - Epistle to the Colossians]
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