The letters to the Colossians and to Philemon
By: Douglas J. Moo.
Series: Pillar New Testament commentary
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.; Eerdmans
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9780802837271
Subjects: Bible. -- N.T. -- Colossians -- Commentaries; Bible. -- N.T. -- Philemon -- Commentaries
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to Colossians; title: To whom was Colossians written? : Colossae and the Colossians; title: Who wrote the letter? : authorship; title: When was the letter written? :  date and place of writing; title: Why was Colossians written? : the false teaching; title: What is colossians teaching? : the theology of the letter; title: Christ; title: Cosmology and the powers; title: The church; title: The Gospel; title: Eschatology; title: The Christian life; title: Commentary on colossians; title: The letter opening : "just as you have received christ jesus as lord ..." (1:1; 2:5); title: Prescript (1:1-2); title: The powerful Gospel of God's son (1:3-23); title: The evidence of the Gospel's power among the; title: Colossians (Thanksgiving and prayer) (1:3-14); title: The heart of the Gospel : the supremacy of Christ in creation and redemption (1:15-20); title: The hope held out in the Gospel (1:21-23); title: The mystery of Christ in Paul's ministry and Christian experience (1:24; 2:5); title: The letter body : "... continue to live your lives in Him" (2:6; 4:6); title: The heart of the matter : remaining centered on Christ (2:6-7); title: The threat to christocentric living : warning about false teachers (2:8-23); title: Spiritual fullness in christ (2:8-15); title: The empty promise of the false teaching (2:16-23); title: Living a christocentric life (3:1; 4:1) 243; title: Heavenly thinking (3:1-4); title: Putting off the practices of the "old self" (3:5-11); title: Putting on the practices of the "new self" (3:12-17); title: The Lordship of Christ in earthly relationships (3:18; 4:1) 292; title: Exhortation to prayer and Christian witness (4:2-6); title: The letter closing, greetings, plans, and instructions (4:7-18); title: The letter to Philemon; title: Introduction to Philemon; title: A basic profile : author, recipient, nature, and place of writing 361; title: The situation behind the letter; title: The purpose and significance of the letter; title: Commentary on Philemon; title: The letter opening (vv. 1-3) 379; title: Thanksgiving : the "fellowship of faith" (vv. 4-7); title: The letter body : Paul's appeal concerning onesimus (vv. 8-20); title: The letter closing (vv. 21-25).