Colossiansπρὸς Κολοσσαεῖς

Key Themes

• The supremacy and sufficiency of Christ (1:15-20 — the Christ-hymn)
• Christ as image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation
• All things created in him, through him, for him
• Paul's struggle for the Colossians (1:24-2:5)
• Against the Colossian 'philosophy' (2:8-23) — likely proto-gnostic syncretism
• Put off the old self, put on the new (3:1-17)