Contents
Table of Contents
I. The Writer and the Readers (v. 1, 2.)
IV. The Father's Gifts Through the Son (v. 12-14)
V. The Glory of the Son in His Relation to the Father, the Universe, and the Church (v. 15-18)
VI. The Reconciling Son (v. 19-22)
VII. The Ultimate Purpose of Reconciliation and its Human Conditions (v. 22-23)
VIII. Joy in Suffering, and Triumph in the Manifested Mystery (v. 24-27)
IX. The Christian Ministry in its Theme, Methods, and Aim (v. 28-29)
X. Paul's Striving for the Colossians (v. 1-3)
XI. Conciliatory and Hortatory Transition to Polemics (v. 4-7)
XII. The Bane and the Antidote (v. 8-10)
XIII. The True Circumcision (v. 11-13)
XIV. The Cross the Death of Law and the Triumph over Evil Powers (v. 14-15)
XV. Warnings against Twin Chief Errors based upon Previous Positive Teaching (v. 16-19)