Colossians and PhilemonA&C Black, 2005 M12 7 - 380 pages For over one hundred years International Critical Commentaries have had a special place among works on the Bible. They bring together all the relevant aids to exegesis - linguistic, textual, archaeological, historical, literary, and theological - to help the reader understand the meaning of the books of the Old and New Testaments. The new commentaries continue this tradition. All new evidence now available is incorporated and new methods of study are applied. The authors are of the highest international standing. No attempt has been made to secure a uniform theological or critical approach to the biblical text: contributors have been invited for their scholarly distinction, not for their adherence to any one school of thought. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION mmoaama | 3 |
Recapitulation | 58 |
COMMENTARY | 64 |
Thanksgiving for the Faith of the Colossians 1 38 | 76 |
Intercession for the Colossians 1 914 | 98 |
The Colossian Hymn 1 1520 | 123 |
Relevance for the Readers 1 2123 | 159 |
Pauls Labours for the Church 1 242 5 | 168 |
Guidelines for the New Life 3 517 | 241 |
A Household Code 3 18 4 1 | 272 |
Final Admonitions 4 26 | 289 |
The Close of the Letter 4 718 | 295 |
Epilogue | 308 |
INTRODUCTION | 317 |
COMMENTARY | 331 |
The Plea for Onesimus 820 | 345 |
The Significance of Christs Work 2 615 | 191 |
Further Admonitions 2 1623 | 215 |
Seek Things Above 3 14 | 234 |
Conclusion and Greetings 2125 | 362 |
Common terms and phrases
Acts Aletti already noted angels apostle appears Apphia Archippus authenticity BAGD baptism Christ Christology Church circumcision cites Colossae Colossians Commentary context disciple Dunn Early Christianity Epaphras Ephesians Ephesus Epistle faith Gentiles Gnosis Gnostic God's gospel Greek heresy hymn interpretation Jesus Jewish Jews Judaism Laodicea Lightfoot Lohse Lord Luke Matt means Moule mystery mystery religions Nag Hammadi NRSV occurs Onesimus parallels participle passage Paul Paul's Pauline corpus Pauline letters Phil Philem Philemon Philo phrase Pleroma plural present problem pseudepigraphy question Qumran readers reading reference Romans Schenk sense slave speaks Spirit suggests Syncretism teaching Testament thanksgiving Thess things tradition translation TWNT Tychicus verb verse wisdom word worship writes αὐτοῦ εἰς ἐν ἐστιν Ἰησοῦ ἵνα καὶ πάντα τὰ τῇ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τὸν τοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ τῷ τῶν ὑμᾶς ὑμῶν Χριστοῦ Χριστῷ