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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 .
The epistle also seems to imply that Paul had never visited the city, because it only speaks of him having "heard" of the Colossians' faith, [23] and in the Epistle to Philemon Paul tells Philemon of his hope to visit Colossae upon being freed from prison. [24] Tradition also gives Philemon as the second bishop of the see.
— Colossians 4:10-11 It is generally thought that Paul wrote Colossians while in prison in Rome most likely during AD 50s. Of those with Paul, Justus, Aristarchus , and Mark , the cousin of Barnabas , are said in the letter to be "of the circumcision", that is, Jewish and to have "proved a comfort to me."
The Epistle to Philemon [a] is one of the books of the Christian New Testament. It is a prison letter, authored by Paul the Apostle (the opening verse also mentions Timothy), to Philemon, a leader in the Colossian church. It deals with the themes of forgiveness and reconciliation.
The Pauline epistles are the thirteen books in the New Testament traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle.. There is strong consensus in modern New Testament scholarship on a core group of authentic Pauline epistles whose authorship is rarely contested: Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, and Philemon.
Textual variants in the Epistle to the Colossians This page was last edited on 17 June 2022, at 04:05 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
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According to tradition, the Apostle Paul wrote the letter while he was in prison in Rome (around AD 62). This would be about the same time as the Epistle to the Colossians (which in many points it resembles) and the Epistle to Philemon. However, many critical scholars have questioned the authorship of the letter and suggest that it may have ...