Colossians & Philemon: So Walk In Him
Pages
304
Publisher
Christian Focus
Published
1/1/2011
ISBN-13
9781845506322
Come and hear a wonderful story of evangelism, church planting and Christian growth. Colossians was a letter, which would have first been read by Tychicus in Philemon's house in Colossae. People who were to read that letter had been converted as a result of Paul's teaching in Ephesus (Acts 19). As they read they are about to understand better the reality of life in Christ and reading it years later we can understand better too.
You will see the power of fellowship at work as a formerly useless slave and his master are brought together to work together as brothers in the Lord.
Reviews
I have become a collector of commentaries ever since my seminary days in the 1990s. As such, I am only going to recommend the best overall commentary for each book of the Bible on this site. My favorite commentary on Colossians/Philemon is definitely Woodhouse. I find that he deals with the theological depth of Colossians in a clear, concise manner and that he draws out some very strong application points along the way. Start here if teaching through these two letters from Paul, and consider augmenting it with James Dunn's contribution in the NIGTC series).