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While the apostle Paul was in prison, he wrote to the Colossian Christians to help them maintain their focus on the lordship of Jesus against the claims of false teachers that had snuck in among them. At the same time as he sent this letter to the wider church, he also sent a short letter to his friend and coworker Philemon that displays Paul’s masterful skill at conflict resolution. In...

the New Testament Jesus is presented not only as divine but as the perfect replica of God in all reality. It is generally agreed that this identification reflects the role of Jesus as the divine Wisdom, which Proverbs 8:22 declares to have been present at creation. Jesus as Wisdom channels God’s people into both seeing and knowing God, so that we as saints can truly experience and walk with him. . Paul turns his attention from Christ’s relation to the
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