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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...

V. THE OCCASION FOR WRITING THE BOOK—Paul’s knowledge of the incipient heresy in the church at Colosse A short time before Colossians was written, Epaphras, the pastor of the Colossian church, came from Colosse to Rome to seek the counsel of his apostle and spiritual father, Paul. He reported to Paul (1) that the Colossian church was yet standing steadfast in the faith and was yet walking in an orderly way, 2:5, but (2) that a heresy was arising in the church, threatening to disrupt the doctrinal
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