Colossians
Author: Paul
Paul always started off his epistles with his name.
Confirmed by Eusebius in Book 3, Chapter 25, Verse 2, of Ecclesiastical History.
Date: About 62 A.D. (1)
Language: Greek
Place: From Rome while in prison.
Purpose: "This letter is plainly written to refute the false teaching which was poisoning the church life at Colossae." (2)
What kind of book?: Epistle, (a letter to a group), regarding a particular occasion.
Reflection: The identity of Jesus is crucial because if you are going to follow Jesus at His request, you need to know who He is.
Hunter Irvine
(1) J.B. Phillips, Letters To Young Churches (New York: The Macmillian Company, 1947), 119.
(2) Ibid.
