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Colossians: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Apostle Paul’s Letter to the Colossians offers a valuable and intimate glimpse into the life of a fledgling Christian community as it struggled to define Christian doctrine and theology. Paul was prompted to write to the Colossian assembly when he heard that “false teachers” had joined the congregation and were advocating dangerous, non-Christian practices. In an effort to appear superior,...

e so that among all things He should be the first; 19 For it was the will of God to let in Him dwell all the fullness, 20a and to reconcile through Him with Him all things 20b by creating peace through His blood of the cross, 20c through Him, be it that, which is on earth, be it that, which is in the heavens. Vv 15–20 form a hymnic piece, which is introduced in 1:12–14. It can be subdivided into two main stanzas (1:15 + 16; 1:18c–20) and a middle stanza (1:17 + 18a + b). In Comment II.1, the
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