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A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Colossians and Philemon is unavailable, but you can change that!

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Apostle (59–61; cf. Collins, Letters, 203–07), (2) the portrayal of and reaction to the heresy (61–65) and (3) the portrayal of other issues affecting the believers (65–69), and claims (73) that the stance taken by Colossians with regard to these issues differentiates it from Paul. One factor on which he lays considerable stress (46ff.) is the absence of any reference to financial transactions connected with Paul’s mission: in the seven letters commonly regarded as authentic (Rom., 1 and 2 Cor.,
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