The Letters to Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians (Biblia.com)

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Here are Barclay’s offerings on these important New Testament texts. Written by Paul while in prison at Rome, the letter to the Philippians is concerned with the theological identification of Jesus both as God and human. The Letter to the Colossians combats heretical Gnostic teachings, declaring that God created the world through Jesus Christ, God’s own Son. The two letters to the Thessalonians...

beings. We must note one thing quite clearly and always retain it in our memories. The initiative in reconciliation was with God. The New Testament never talks of God being reconciled to the world, but always of the world being reconciled to God. God’s attitude to men and women was love, and it was never anything else. Sometimes a theology is preached which implies that something that Jesus did changed God’s attitude from wrath into love. There is no justiﬁcation in the New Testament for any such

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