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Anyone who has determined to seriously study the book of Colossians knows how difficult it is to find a good commentary on the book. It is a book difficult to exegete and many scholars really have never attempted to explore its depths. Since there is such a dearth of good commentaries on the book of Colossians, this book by Brother Roy Gingrich meets a great need. Roby V. Key, Director of...

C. PAUL’S WARNING AGAINST ORIENTAL MYSTICISM (2:18, 19) The Gnostics taught that man, contaminated by his contact with matter (which is evil), should not exalt himself in approaching the holy God directly but should humble himself and approach God through the ascending hierarchy of angels, giving to each of them the proper reverence and respect. They did not recognize the angels as gods but as the proper avenues of approach to God. Paul exposes the fallacy of this Gnostic teaching: (1) This teaching
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