Colossians

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Co·los·sians

(kə-lŏsh′ənz)

pl.n. (used with a sing. verb)

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[Latin Colossēnsēs, inhabitants of Colossae, from Colossae, Colossae, from Greek Kolossai.]

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Colossians

(kəˈlɒʃənz)

(Bible) (functioning as singular) a book of the New Testament (in full The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians)

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Co•los•sians

(kəˈlɒʃ ənz)

n. (used with a sing. v.)

a book of the New Testament written by Paul to the church at Colossae.

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Colossians - a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to the Colossians in ancient Phrygia

Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians, Epistle to the Colossians

New Testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible

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Κολοσσαείς

Colossians

n (Epistle to the) Colossians → Kolosserbrief m

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Paul writes to the Colossians of the ministry that was entrusted to him, that is 'to make the word of God fully known.' The gospel reading narrates that Mary sat down listening to the words of Jesus.

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Epigraphical Evidence Illustrating Paul's Letter to the Colossians

Living on a solar-powered permaculture farm in Cameron, Ontario, Sylvia Keesmaat and Brian Walsh are co-authors of "Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire" (IVP Academic, 9780830827381, $24.00, PB, 256pp).

Romans Disarmed

God's plan for what He made wasn't merely to bring order from a formless void (Genesis 1:2; Hebrews 11:3), but, after humanity's fall into sin, to restore what sin and death had attempted to destroy (Colossians 1:13-14).

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While that brilliant letter to 'Colossians' boldly declared: "Jesus is the image of the invisible God.

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Love holds no place for subordination

Drawing from Paul's writings of Philippians and Colossians, Christine offers relevant teaching and application on a daily basis.

Morning Briefings

In this commentary designed for the theologically inclined general reader, Hamm provides an engaging synopsis of some of the major theological and pastoral themes found in three of the so-called captivity letters of Paul: Philemon, Philippians, and the contested Colossians. Guided by the renewed emphasis on Scripture inspired by the vision of Vatican H, H.

Philippians, Colossians, Philemon

Paul is writing Colossians to Christians who think that they need to supplement their worship of Jesus with other things--with religion and ritual and philosophy --a kind of "Jesus-plus" spirituality.

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Paul the Apostle addresses the struggles of serving the church by saying that it is Christ within him that empowers him to continue in the work of teaching (Colossians 1:28-29).