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Colossians

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Co·los·sians  (k-lshnz)
pl.n. (used with a sing. verb) Abbr. Col.
See Table at Bible.
[Latin Colossnss, inhabitants of Colossae, from Colossae, Colossae, from Greek Kolossai.]
Colossians [kəˈlɒʃənz]
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) (functioning as singular) a book of the New Testament (in full The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians)
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Noun1.Colossians - a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to the Colossians in ancient Phrygia
Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians, Epistle to the Colossians
New Testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible
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Colossians
n (Epistle to the) Colossians → Kolosserbrief m


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First, the household codes governing master-slave relations in Ephesians and Colossians, far from advocating a liberating cultural revolution, reinforce the conventional advice of Roman farm handbooks.
Slaves in the New Testament: Literary, Social, and Moral Dimensions by Spencer, F. Scott / Biblical Theology Bulletin
Already in the second century the author of the Third Gospel was identified as "Luke, the beloved physician" mentioned by Paul in Colossians 4:14.
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Wright, The Epistles of Paul to the Colossians and to Philemon (TNTC 12; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1986) p.
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