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Exhibiting the same brilliant exegesis and sound practical insight found in his previous works, noted commentator Douglas J. Moo, in this new volume, not only explains accurately the meaning of the letters to the Colossians and to Philemon but also applies that meaning powerfully to twenty-first-century readers. Moo attentively interacts with the Greek text of these letters and clearly explains...

The “things above” that Paul wants his readers to concentrate on stands in contrast to the “earthly things” of the false teaching. And the basis for his commands picks up the theology that Paul has already developed in chapter 2: “since … you have been raised with Christ” repeats 2:12 (cf. also “God made you alive with Christ” in 2:13); and “you died” (v. 3) repeats in abbreviated form “you died with Christ” in v. 20 (cf. vv. 11–12). From a broader perspective, vv. 1–4 bring to a climax and summarize
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