Colossians
New Testament · Pauline Letters · 4 chapters
Christ is supreme over all creation and enough for the church; Paul warns against empty philosophies and describes the new life.
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Context
- Genre
- Letter
- Authorship
- Traditionally attributed to PaulSome scholars question Pauline authorship; others defend it.
- Date
- c. 60–80 CE
- Audience
- The community in Colossae.
- Setting
- Prison setting
- Original language
- Greek
- In the original
- εἰκώνeikon — image
- Related texts
- Ephesians 1–6 · a very close letterPhilemon 1 · Onesimus