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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 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.
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."
Pages in category "Epistle to the Colossians" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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The Pauline epistles are usually placed between the Acts of the Apostles and the catholic epistles (also called the general epistles) in modern editions. Most Greek manuscripts place the general epistles first, [8] and a few minuscules (175, 325, 336, and 1424) place the Pauline epistles at the end of the New Testament.