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Paul’s letter to the Colossians reveals the greatness of Jesus Christ by dealing with such important subjects as the fact that he is fully God, that he has authority over principalities and powers, and that those who believe in him are complete and wonderfully at liberty. It also touches powerfully and relevantly on practical Christian living in the home and work place. Colossians is a letter for...

Colosse lay about one hundred miles east of Ephesus and about twelve miles from Laodicea and Hierapolis, its more important neighbours (4:13). It is unlikely that Paul had ever been to Colosse (2:1) and it seems that it was Epaphras who founded the church there (1:7). He had probably been converted during Paul’s stay at Ephesus and had carried the gospel back to his ‘own’. Epaphras, as pastor, had come to Paul in Rome to seek his advice (1:7). So this epistle
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