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The connection between Colossians and Philemon, an undisputed letter, is significant. A certain Archippus is referred to in both Philemon 2 and Colossians 4:17, and the greetings of both letters bear similar names. [32] Additionally, the nearly identical phrases of Philemon 5 and Colossians 1:4 and the presence of Onesimus in both letters ...
The Epistle to the Colossians [a] is the twelfth book of the New Testament. It was written, according to the text, by Paul the Apostle and Timothy , and addressed to the church in Colossae , a small Phrygian city near Laodicea and approximately 100 miles (160 km) from Ephesus in Asia Minor .
Minuscule 321, first page of Colossians. Colossians 1:14 (see Ephesians 1:7) απολυτρωσιν δια του αιματος αυτου (redemption through the blood of him) – 383 424 614 630 1505 1912 2200 2344* 2464 Byz pt (i.e., 76 206 221 223 330 876 1518 1611 1960 2005 2412) ℓ mss vg cl syr h arm slav Gregory Cassiodorus
Douglas Moo, in his commentary about Colossians, writes this about Epaphras: "Little is known about him, though we can infer that he was a native of Colossae and that he was perhaps converted by Paul himself during the apostle's ministry in Ephesus. The mention of a co-worker at this point in a Pauline epistle is unusual, and the strength of ...
[1] Jesus Justus is not mentioned in a similar passage in Philemon 1:23-24 whereas Aristarchus, Epaphras and Mark are again explicitly named by Paul. Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. And so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow workers. —
The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (ACCS) is a twenty-nine volume set of commentaries on the Bible published by InterVarsity Press. It is a confessionally collaborative project as individual editors have included scholars from Eastern Orthodoxy , Roman Catholicism , and Protestantism as well as Jewish participation. [ 1 ]
Sermon 1*: Salvation by Faith - Ephesians 2:8; Sermon 2*: The Almost Christian - Acts 26:28, preached at St. Mary's, Oxford, on 25 July 1741. Wesley's companion George Whitefield also preached a sermon with the same title, referring to the same verse in Acts. [6] Sermon 3*: Awake, thou that sleepest - Ephesians 5:14.
R. Kent Hughes (born March 1, 1942) [1] is the former senior pastor of College Church in Wheaton, Illinois, United States.Hughes is the author of numerous books, including the best-selling Disciplines of a Godly Man. [2]