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Paul's letters

The book of Colossians

Written AD 60–61Approximate date

By PaulGreek4 chapters, 95 verses, 1,992 words

Christ is supreme over all creation and enough for the church, against false teaching.

Paul wrote to a church he had not visited, a church started by Epaphras (Colossians 1:7; 4:12), and sent the letter with Tychicus and Onesimus (4:7–9).

Written at: Rome, by tradition (Acts 28:30; Colossians 4:3)

Kinds of writing

Key verses

The image of the invisible God. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

Colossians 1:15 (World English Bible)

People

PaulTimothyEpaphrasTychicusOnesimusMarkLuke

Places

ColossaeLaodiceaHierapolis

On the timeline

Paul writes Ephesians, Colossians, and Philemon

Dating notes

Conventional chronology. The span is an estimate; Scripture doesn’t say when the book was written.

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