![]() ![]() Mercifully, we have continued to collaborate on various projects, and he is surely among the two or three scholars with whom I am most happy to work in close association. His move from Trinity to Wheaton, however much a gain for the latter, was a personal loss. With these values in place, the Pillar commentaries will be warmly welcomed not only by pastors, teachers, and students, but by general readers as well.įor many years Doug Moo and I served on the same faculty. These values should be reflected in the way Christians write. If the text is God’s Word, it is appropriate that we respond with reverence, a certain fear, a holy joy, a questing obedience. The writers of this series aim for an evenhanded openness to the text that is the best kind of objectivity of all. Yet this is no surreptitious appeal for uncontrolled subjectivity. When God speaks to us through his Word, those who profess to know him must respond in an appropriate way, and that is certainly different from a stance in which the scholar projects an image of autonomous distance. God stands over against us we do not stand in judgment of him. The rationale for this approach is that the vision of objective scholarship (a vain chimera) may actually be profane. Their ideal is a blend of rigorous exegesis and exposition, with an eye alert both to biblical theology and the contemporary relevance of the Bible, without confusing the commentary and the sermon. The scholars writing these volumes interact with the most important informed contemporary debate, but avoid getting mired in undue technical detail. Designed for serious pastors and teachers of the Bible, the Pillar commentaries seek above all to make clear the text of Scripture as we have it. 21-25) Editor’s PrefaceĬommentaries have specific aims, and this series is no exception. The Letter Body: Paul’s Appeal concerning Onesimus (vv. Thanksgiving: The Fellowship of Faith (vv. ![]() The Purpose and Significance of the Letter A Basic Profile: Author, Recipient, Nature, and Place of Writing The Letter Closing, Greetings, Plans, and Instructions (4:7-18) THE LETTER TO PHILEMON Exhortation to Prayer and Christian Witness (4:2-6) The Lordship of Christ in Earthly Relationships (3:18–4:1)ĭ. ![]() Putting On the Practices of the New Self (3:12-17)Ĥ. Putting Off the Practices of the Old Self (3:5-11)ģ. The Empty Promise of the False Teaching (2:16-23)Ĭ. The Threat to Christocentric Living: Warning about False Teachers (2:8-23)Ģ. The Heart of the Matter: Remaining Centered on Christ (2:6-7)ī. The Letter Body: … Continue to Live Your Lives in Him (2:6–4:6)Ī. The Mystery of Christ in Paul’s Ministry and Christian Experience (1:24–2:5) The Hope Held Out in the Gospel (1:21-23)Ĭ. The Heart of the Gospel: The Supremacy of Christ in Creation and Redemption (1:15-20)ģ. The Evidence of the Gospel’s Power among the Colossians (Thanksgiving and Prayer) (1:3-14)Ģ. The Powerful Gospel of God’s Son (1:3-23)ġ. The Letter Opening: Just as You Have Received Christ Jesus as Lord … (1:1–2:5)ī. What Is Colossians Teaching? The Theology of the Letter Why Was Colossians Written? The False Teaching When Was the Letter Written? Date and Place of Writing To Whom Was Colossians Written? Colossae and the Colossians ![]() Texts and Translations THE LETTER TO THE COLOSSIANS Used by permission of The Zondervan Corporation and the International Bible Society. Copyright © 2001, 2005 by International Bible Society. Scriptures taken from the HOLY BIBLE: TODAY’S NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Title.īritish Library Cataloguing in Publication DataĪ catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. The letters to the Colossians and to Philemon / Douglas J. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Front Cover of The Letters to the Colossians and to Philemon Half Title of The Letters to the Colossians and to Philemon Book Title of The Letters to the Colossians and to PhilemonĢ140 Oak Industrial Drive N.E., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49505 ![]()
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