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Colossians

Author: Paul
See Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius; Book 3, Chapter 25, Verse 2.

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?: Letter re: a specific 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.