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Michael Bird’s commentary on Colossians and Philemon in the New Covenant Commentary Series pays close attention to the socio-historical context, the flow and dynamics of the text, their argumentative strategy, theological message, and the meaning of Colossians and Philemon for the contemporary church today. Bird situates Colossians in the context of Paul’s Ephesian ministry and describes how Paul...

of their old identities through the cross. The aorist verb apethanete (you died) points back to baptism-confession as the moment of identifying with Christ’s death and resurrection. The life that is hidden with Messiah in God stands for the structure of their existence. It is a life that is lived out in the world through an exterior resource (Rom 6:4; 2 Cor 4:10–11; 13:4). Such a life has its center with Christ in God (Phil 1:21). It is lived for God and his Messiah (Rom 6:10–11; 14:8; 2 Cor 5:15)
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