TY  - BOOK
AU  - Foster, Paul
AU  - Foster,Paul
TI  - Colossians:  Black`s New Testament Commentaries
SN  - 9781623565794
U1  - BC01 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury
N1  - includes index and biblioraphy; 1.Colossae the City ............1  2. The religious environment of First -century colossae.8  3. Believers in Jesus in the lycus valley and phrygia...16  4. The theology of Colossians ......24  5. The missing Old testament in Colossians .......52  6. Authorship, Date, and Place of Writing ......61  7. Relationship to Earlier pauline epistles......81  8. Eariest recepion in Christian Tradition .85  9. A prosopography of Colossians........90  10.The situation behind the letter.105  11. The text of Colossians .......112  12. Structure of the Epistle ....120  Translation and Commentary  1. Letter opening ..........125  Greeting... .125  Thanksgiving ....134  Prayer......152  Poetic Reflection on Christ ....174  Applying reconciliation to the Colossians ....202  Paul`s sufferings on Behalf of Believers..........211  Paul`s Striving on Behalf of the Colossians...232  2. Christological teaching and correctives ............243  A call to remain established in the Faith ....243  The triumph of Christ ...248  Resist false religious practices ..........278  The emptiness of Human religion....296  3. Ethical Instruction for renewed existence ........307  Living transformed lives........307  Put away past practices......317  Put on Christ-like practices ..........343  Final Instructions for the Present life ...397  4. Letter conclusion .......411  Authorized representatives...........411  Greetings from paul`s Associates ..419  Final Instructions.........435  Paul`s Personal Greeting............446  5. Title  Subscripts...........450
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