Colossians is one of Paul's prison epistles. He wrote it during his first Roman imprisonment.
The other three prison epistles are Ephesians, Philippians, and Philemon.
OBSERVATIONS ABOUT COLOSSIANS
The church at Colosse was not established by Paul. It was established by Epaphras.
At the time of the Colossians letter, Paul had not visited Colosse.
The Colossian letter was sent from Rome to Colosse by Tychicus and the converted slave, Onesimus that is in the book of Philemon.
While the Book of Ephesians focuses on the Body (the Church), Colossians focuses on the Head (Christ). Therefore, you will see a lot of things in this book that will remind you of Ephesians.
While Ephesians is a Church-centered book, Colossians is a Christ-centered book:
• Christ - 19 times
• Christ Jesus - 3 times
• Lord - 8 times
• Lord Jesus Christ - 2 times
• He, Him, His - 30 times
• Whom - 4 times
• Firstborn - 2 times
• The head - 2 times
• The Son - 1 time
• Master - 1 time
“Buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.” (Colossians 2:12)
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