Background Book Of Colossians

1 in this historical background study of the letter to the colossians we will see that the apostle paul is the author writing from rome to the gentile believers in the lycus valley in asia minor who were part of a growing and vibrant christian fellowship that was struggling with false teachings.

Background book of colossians. It was written according to the text by paul the apostle and timothy to the church in colossae a small phrygian city near laodicea and approximately 100 miles from ephesus in asia minor. It was probably written c. Colossians should be dated c.

Colossians is a letter written by the apostle paul approximately a d. Background on colossae and the colossians. Scholars have increasingly questioned paul s authorship and attributed the letter to an early follower instead.

The town and the church. All three letters were sent with tychicus and onesimus. 19 see o brien colossians p.

Indeed he is the image of the invisible god the sovereign and preeminent one among all creation col. Some have argued that paul wrote colossians from ephesus or caesarea but most of the evidence favors rome as the place where paul penned all the prison letters ephesians colossians philippians and philemon. This was about the same time he wrote ephesians and philemon.

60 in the same year as ephesians and philemon see chart p. Background of the book of colossians 1 who is considered the author of the book and why. 20 philemon 9 suggests that colossians philemon may have been written early in the imprisonment yet for love s sake i prefer to appeal to you i paul an ambassador and now a prisoner.

Written to christians living in colosse a small city located on the lycus river in present day turkey the letter was delivered by tychicus and onesimus alongside those paul wrote to the ephesians and to philemon. So paul sent this letter along with the letters to philemon and to the ephesians with tychicus accompanied by onesimus colossians 4 7. Childs the nt as canon 346 349.