Epistle to the Colossians

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New Testament epistle Pauline epistle book of the Bible

The Epistle to the Colossians is a New Testament letter addressing the Christian community in Colossae, emphasizing the supremacy of Christ and warning against false teachings.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Colossians	5
Colossians 1:18	1
Colossians 2	1
Colossians 4:14	1
Colossians 4:18	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Testament epistle ⓘ Pauline epistle ⓘ book of the Bible ⓘ
addressedTo	Christians in Colossae ⓘ
attributedAuthor	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle
canonicalStatus	canonical scripture in most Christian traditions ⓘ
chapterCount	4 ⓘ
closingVerseReference	Epistle to the Colossians self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Colossians 4:18
coAuthorMentioned	Timothy ⓘ
containsChristHymn	Colossians 1:15-20 ⓘ
doctrinalUse	source for Christian theology ⓘ
emphasizes	Christ as sufficient for salvation ⓘ
ethicalInstruction	guidance for Christian conduct ⓘ
followedBy	First Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
followsInCanon	Epistle to the Philippians ⓘ
genre	early Christian letter ⓘ
keyChristologicalTitle	beginning, firstborn from the dead ⓘ firstborn of all creation ⓘ head of the body, the church ⓘ image of the invisible God ⓘ
keyConcept	Christ as creator ⓘ Christ as sustainer of all things ⓘ believers’ union with Christ in death and resurrection ⓘ freedom from legalistic observances ⓘ fullness of deity dwelling in Christ ⓘ household codes for Christian families ⓘ putting off the old self and putting on the new self ⓘ reconciliation through Christ’s death ⓘ warning against human traditions ⓘ warning against worship of angels ⓘ
language	Koine Greek ⓘ
likelyPlaceOfComposition	prison ⓘ
liturgicalUse	read in Christian worship ⓘ
locationAddressed	Colossae ⓘ
mentionsPerson	Archippus ⓘ Aristarchus ⓘ Demas ⓘ Epaphras ⓘ Luke ⓘ Mark ⓘ Onesimus ⓘ Epistle to Philemon ⓘ surface form: Philemon Tychicus ⓘ
openingVerseReference	Colossians 1:1 ⓘ
precededBy	Epistle to the Philippians ⓘ
primaryTheme	Christian ethical living ⓘ fullness of Christ ⓘ supremacy of Christ ⓘ union with Christ ⓘ warning against false teaching ⓘ
regionAddressed	Phrygia ⓘ
relatedWork	Epistle to Philemon ⓘ Epistle to the Ephesians ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
scripturalStatus	part of Christian biblical canon ⓘ
testament	New Testament ⓘ
testamentOrder	12 ⓘ
title	Epistle to the Colossians self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Colossians
traditionalDate	1st century AD ⓘ
traditionalPlaceOfComposition	Rome ⓘ
warnsAgainst	syncretistic teaching in Colossae ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colossians 2:15 → book → Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colossians

Epistle to Philemon → closelyRelatedTo → Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ

Epistle to the Colossians → closingVerseReference → Epistle to the Colossians self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colossians 4:18

Timothy → coAuthorOf → Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ

Homilies on the Epistles of Paul → commentaryOn → Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ

New Testament → contains → Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ

Commentaries on the Bible → coversBook → Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colossians

Apostle Paul → disputedAuthorshipOf → Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ

universal Church → hasBiblicalBasis → Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colossians 1:18

Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesBook → Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colossians

Colossians 2:15 → locatedInChapter → Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colossians 2

Luke the Evangelist → mentionedIn → Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colossians 4:14

Timothy → mentionedIn → Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ

Colossians 2:15 → partOf → Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ

Saint Timothy → scripturalMention → Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colossians

Epistle to the Colossians → title → Epistle to the Colossians self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colossians