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Score	Author	Title	Series	Year
91.210014	O'Brien, Peter T.	Colossians, Philemon	WBC	1982
82.71005	Wright, N.T.	Colossians and Philemon	TNTC	1989
81.51006	Bruce, F.F.	The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians	NICNT	1984
80.51006	Dunn, James D. G.	The Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon	NIGTC	1996
80.31006	Garland, David E.	Colossians, Philemon	NIVAC	1998
78.21004	Moo, Douglas J.	The Letters to the Colossians and to Philemon	PNTC	2008
76.61003	Lucas, Dick	The Message of Colossians & Philemon	BST	1974
76.41003	Harris, Murray J.	Colossians and Philemon	EGGNT	2010
75.91003	Wilson, Robert McLachlan	Colossians And Philemon	ICC	2005
75.91001	Barth, Markus; Blanke, Helmut	Colossians	AB	1995
75.51004	Thompson, Marianne Meye	Colossians & Philemon	THNTC	2005
74.41002	Abbott, T. K.	Ephesians and Colossians	ICC	1909
74.41001	Sumney, Jerry L.	Colossians	NTL	2008
73.81000	Martin, Ralph P.	Colossians and Philemon	NCB	1982
73.81000	Kent Jr., Homer A.	Treasures of Wisdom: Studies in Colossians & Philemon		2006
73.81000	Gromacki, Robert G.	Stand Perfect in Wisdom: An Exposition of Colossians & Philemon	GES	2001
73.81000	MacArthur, John	Colossians & Philemon: Completion and Reconcilliation in Christ	MacSG	2007
73.51001	Bird, Michael F.	Colossians and Philemon	NCCS	2009
70.91001	Witherington, III, Ben	The Letters to Philemon, the Colossians, and the Ephesians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on the Captivity Epistles	SRC	2007
70.31001	Wall, Robert W.	Colossians & Philemon	IVPNTC	1993
69.41001	Wright, N.T.	Paul for Everyone: The Prison Letters	NTW	2002
1000	Macleod, F. Wayne	Philippians and Colossians: Messages of Preseverance, Reconciliation, and Fellowship	LMP	2005
1000		Colossians	LBC	2013
1000	Houlden, James Leslie; Nineham, D.E.	Paul's Letters from Prison: Philippians, Colossians, Philemon, Ephesians	PEL	1970
1000	Thurston, Bonnie B.	Reading Colossians, Ephesians, & 2 Thessalonians: A Literary and Theological Commentary	RtNT	2013
1000	Johnston, Mark G.	Let’s Study Colossians and Philemon	LSS	2013
1000	Barclay, John M.G.	Colossians and Philemon	NTG	1997
1000	Nielson, John B.	Colossians	BBC	1965
1000	Woodhouse, John	Colossians & Philemon: So Walk In Him	FB	2011
1000	Malina, Bruce; Pilch, John J.	Social-Science Commentary on the Letters of Paul	SSC	2006
1000	Malina, Bruce; Pilch, John J.	Social-Science Commentary on the Deutero-Pauline Letters	SSC	2013
1000		Colossians	PC	2012
1000	Gupta, Nijay	Colossians	SH	2013
1000	Callen, Barry	Colossians	WesBC	2007
1000	Kitchen, John	Colossians and Philemon for Pastors		2012
1000	Anders, Max E.	Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians & Colossians	HNTC	1999
1000	Hendricksen, William	Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon	HK	2002
1000	Campbell, Constantine	Colossians and Philemon: A Handbook on the Greek Text	BHGNT	2013
1000	Muddiman, John; Barton, John	Colossians	OxBC	2010
1000	Smiles, Vincent M.	First Thessalonians, Philippians, Second Thessalonians, Colossians, Ephesians	NCBS	2005
1000	Rosson, M. E.	The Epistle to Colossians	ABB	2011
1000	Barcley, William B.	The Letters to the Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians: The New Daily Study Bible	DSB	2003
1000	Martin, Ernest D.	Colossians Philemon	BCBC	1993
1000	Cousar, Charles B.; Tucker, Gene M.	The Letters of Paul	IBT	1996
1000	MacArthur, John	Colossians and Philemon	MACNT	1992
1000	Phillips, John	Exploring Colossians and Philemon	JPCS	2002
1000	Geisler, Norman L.	Colossians		1983
1000	Dunnam, Maxie D.	Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon	TPC	2002
1000	Nicholls, Bruce J.; Wintle, Brian	Colossians & Philemon	ABC	2008
1000	Hay, David M.	Colossians	ANTC	2000
1000	MacDonald, Margaret Y.	Colossians and Ephesians	SP	2008
1000	Deterding, Paul E.	Colossians	CC	2003
1000	Martin, Ralph P.	Ephesians, Colossians, and Philemon	INT	1992
1000	Still, Todd D.	Colossians	REBC	2006
1000	Lohse, Edward	Colossians and Philemon	HERM	1972
1000	Lenski, Richard C.H.	The Interpretation of St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Thessalonians	LCNT	2008
1000	Taylor, Walter F.; Reumann, John H.P.	Ephesians, Colossians	ACNT	1986
1000	McNaughton, Ian	Colossians	OUB	2007
1000	Dayton, Wilber T.; Carter, Charles W.; Zahniser, Clarence H.; Turner, George A.; Klopfenstein, W. O.; Nicholson, Roy S.; Failing, George E.	Romans–Philemon (Vol. 5)	WesBC	1966
1000	Ironside, H. A.	Philippians & Colossians	IronBC	2007
1000	Thompson, G. H. P.	The Letters of Paul to the Ephesians to the Colossians and to Philemon	CBCNT	1967
1000	Vaughan, Curtis	Colossians	EBC	1978
1000	Gromacki, Robert G.	The Books of Philippians and Colossians: Joy and Completeness in Christ	21CBC	2003
1000	Mills, Watson E.; Wilson, Richard F.	Acts and Pauline Writings: Volume 7	MCB	1997
1000	Seitz, Christopher R.	Colossians	BTC	2014
1000	Mac Leod, F. Wayne	Philippians and Colossians: Messages of Perseverance, Reconciliation, and Fellowship		2005
1000	Barton, Bruce B.; Fackler, Mark; Taylor, Linda K.; Veerman, David R.	Philippians, Colossians, & Philemon	LABC	1995
1000	Talbert, Charles H.	Ephesians and Colossians	PAI	2007
1000	Hayford, Jack	Ephesians & Colossians	SFLNT	2005
1000	Harrison, Everett F.	Colossians	EvBC	2001
1000	Bruce, F.F.	Colossians	NICNT	1957
1000	Hamm, M. Dennis	Philippians, Colossians, Philemon	CCSS	2013
1000	Rayes, Roy	Epistle to the Colossians	ECS	1993
1000	Braune, Karl F.C.	The Epistle of Paul to the Philippians and Colossians	LCHS	2007
1000	Bratcher, Robert G.; Nida, Eugene A.	A Handbook on Paul's Letters to the Colossians and to Philemon	UBS	1993
1000	Lincoln, Andrew T.	Colossians	NIB	2000
1000	Storms, Sam	The Hope of Glory: 100 Daily Meditations on Colossians		2008
1000	Pao, David W.	Colossians and Philemon	ZEC	2012
1000	Davids, Peter	Colossians, Philemon	CBC	2008
1000	Ambrosiaster	Commentaries on Galatians-Philemon	ACT	2009
1000	Gorday, Peter	Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, 1-2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon	ACCS	2000
1000	Wiersbe, Warren W.	Be Complete (Colossians): Become the Whole Person God Intends You to Be	BE	2008
1000	Melick, Richard R.	Philippians, Colossians, Philemon	NAC	1991
1000	Ash, Anthony Lee	Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon	CPNIV	1995
1000	King, Martha	An Exegetical Summary of Colossians	SILES	1998
1000	Patzia, Arthur G.	Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon	UBNT	1990
1000	Lightfoot, Joseph Barber	Saint Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon: a revised text with introductions, notes, and dissertations		1875
1000	Lightfoot, Joseph Barber	Colossians and Philemon	CCC	1997
1000	Tomlin, Graham	Philippians, Colossians	RCS	2013

Forthcoming Commentaries

2014	Moore, Phil	Straight to the Heart of Galatians to Colossians: 60 bite-sized insights
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?	Seitz, Chris	Colossians
?	Belleville, Linda	Colossians
?	Chandler, Matt	Colossians
?	Strain, David T. A.	Colossians
?	Ferguson, Sinclair B.	Colossians
?	Beale, Gregory K.	Colossians, Philemon
?	Jeal, R. R.	Colossians
?	Smith, Robert H.	Colossians
?	House, H. Wayne	Colossians
?	Achtemeier, Mark	Colossians
?	John of Damascus; Theodore of Mopsuestia	Pauline Commentaries

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