by E.W. Bullinger
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THE STRUCTURE AS A WHOLE.
Colossians 1:1-2. EPISTOLARY AND SALUTATION.
Colossians 1:3-8. REPORTS AND MESSAGES BY EPAPHRAS.
Colossians 1:9 - Colossians 2:7. PAUL""S SOLICITUDE FOR THE COLOSSIANS, AND PRAYER THAT THEY MIGHT ACKNOWLEDGE THE MYSTERY.
Colossians 2:8-23. DOCTRINAL CORRECTION FOR FAILURE AS TO EPHESIAN TRUTH. HAVING DIED WITH CHRIST.
Colossians 3:1 - Colossians 4:1. DOCTRINAL CORRECTION FOR FAILURE AS TO EPHESIAN TRUTH. HAVING RISEN WITH CHRIST.
Colossians 4:2-6. PAUL""S SOLICITUDE FOR THEM, AND THEIR PRAYERS ASKED CONCERNING HIS PREACHING THE MYSTERY.
Colossians 4:7-9. REPORTS AND MESSAGES BY TYCHICUS AND ONESIMUS.
Colossians 4:10-18. EPISTOLARY AND SALUTATION.
INTRODUCTORY NOTES.
1. Doctrine has more place than practice in the Epistle to the Colossians. There is a marked resemblance between it and the letter to the Ephesians, a prominent element of both, as well as Philippians, being the apostle""s insistence upon the reality of our union with Christ, as having died and risen again in Him, and the necessity for holding fast the Head" (Colossians 2:19).