Colossians
Colossa was a city of Phrygia, near Laodicea. It does not appear that St. Paul had preached there himself, but that the Colossians were converted by Epaphras, a disciple of the Apostles. However, as St. Paul was the great Apostle of the Gentiles, he wrote this Epistle to the Colossians when he was in prison, and about the same time that he wrote to the Ephesians and Philippians. The exhortations and doctrine it contains are similar to that which is set forth in his Epistle to the Ephesians.
He gives thanks for the grace bestowed upon the Colossians and prays for them. Christ is the head of the church and the peacemaker through his blood. Paul is his minister.
He warns them against the impostures of the philosophers and the Jewish teachers, that would withdraw them from Christ.
He exhorts them to put off the old man, and to put on the new. The duties of wives and husbands, children and servants.
He recommends constant prayer and wisdom. Various salutations.