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| Editor's Preface | |
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| Author's Preface | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Texts and Translations | |
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| The Letter to the Colossians | |
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| Select Bibliography on Colossians | |
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| Commentaries | |
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| Other Works | |
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| Introduction to Colossians | |
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| To Whom Was Colossians Written? Colossae and the Colossians | |
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| Who Wrote the Letter? Authorship | |
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| When Was the Letter Written? Date and Place of Writing | |
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| Why Was Colossians Written? The False Teaching | |
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| What Is Colossians Teaching? The Theology of the Letter | |
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| Christ | |
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| Cosmology and the Powers | |
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| The Church | |
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| The Gospel | |
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| Eschatology | |
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| The Christian Life | |
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| Commentary on Colossians | |
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| The Letter Opening: "Just as You Have Received Christ Jesus as Lord..." (1:1-2:5) | |
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| Prescript (1:1-2) | |
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| The Powerful Gospel of God's Son (1:3-23) | |
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| The Evidence of the Gospel's Power among the Colossians (Thanksgiving and Prayer) (1:3-14) | |
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| The Heart of the Gospel: The Supremacy of Christ in Creation and Redemption (1:15-20) | |
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| The Hope Held Out in the Gospel (1:21-23) | |
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| The Mystery of Christ in Paul's Ministry and Christian Experience (1:24-2:5) | |
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| The Letter Body: "...Continue to Live Your Lives in Him" (2:6-4:6) | |
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| The Heart of the Matter: Remaining Centered on Christ (2:6-7) | |
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| The Threat to Christocentric Living: Warning about False Teachers (2:8-23) | |
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| Spiritual Fullness in Christ (2:8-15) | |
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| The Empty Promise of the False Teaching (2:16-23) | |
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| Living a Christocentric Life (3:1-4:1) | |
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| Heavenly Thinking (3:1-4) | |
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| Putting Off the Practices of the "Old Self" (3:5-11) | |
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| Putting On the Practices of the "New Self" (3:12-17) | |
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| The Lordship of Christ in Earthly Relationships (3:18-4:1) | |
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| Exhortation to Prayer and Christian Witness (4:2-6) | |
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| The Letter Closing, Greetings, Plans, and Instructions (4:7-18) | |
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| The Letter to Philemon | |
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| Select Bibliography on Philemon | |
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| Commentaries | |
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| Introduction to Philemon | |
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| A Basic Profile: Author, Recipient, Nature, and Place of Writing | |
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| The Situation behind the Letter | |
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| The Purpose and Significance of the Letter | |
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| Commentary on Philemon | |
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| The Letter Opening (vv. 1-3) | |
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| Thanksgiving: The "Fellowship of Faith" (vv. 4-7) | |
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| The Letter Body: Paul's Appeal concerning Onesimus (vv. 8-20) | |
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| The Letter Closing (vv. 21-25) | |
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| Indexes | |
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| Authors | |
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| Subjects | |
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| Scripture References | |
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| Extrabiblical Literature | |