tenor of the letter it appears that the Colossians needed a deeper Christian insight and more intelligent and well-grounded convictions respecting the truth ‘as in Jesus’ ” (Findlay). Ver. 13. Zeal … for them that are in Laodicea.—Here then is one who differs from the Laodicean spirit of St. John’s time. Ver. 17. And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry.—He is again closely connected with Colossæ in the epistle to Philemon. A monition perhaps needed by Archippus. In the Lord.—The element in
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