COLOSSIANS, PHILEMON, AND EPHESIANS SENT

COLOSSIANS, PHILEMON, AND EPHESIANS SENT

SIMULTANEOUSLY  (plus the letter to the Laodecians?)

Virgil Warren, PhD

1.     All come from an imprisonment: Ephesians 3:1; 4:1; Colossians 4:3, 18; Philemon 1, 9-10

2.   The subject matter and style of language in Colossians and Ephesians are closer than any other two epistles of Paul.

      a.  Household teaching: Ephesians 5:21-6:9; Colossians 3:18-4:1

      b.  Putting the members to death

3.   The bearers are connected.          

                                                                     6:21  Ephesians

                          Tychicus

                                                                     4:7  Colossians  4:9

                                                                                                               Onesimus

                                                                          Philemon  10                                    

4.   The destinations are near one another: Philemon (from Colossae)  and

      Colossians and Ephesians  (= Epistle to the Laodiceans?).

5.   Greetings come from several of the same people:

                     Ephesians                          Colossians                            Philemon 

                     Paul                                   Paul                                      Paul

                                                               Timothy                               Timothy

                     Tychicus  6:21                  Tychicus 4: 7                      

                                                               Onesimus 4:9                       Onesimus  10

                                                               Aristarchus 4:10                  Aristarchus 24

                                                               Mark 4:10                            Mark 24

                                                               Barnabas 4:10                     

                                                               Jesus Justus 4:11

                                                               Epaphras 1:7; 4:12               Epaphras  23

                                                                  labored in Hier-

                                                                  apolis, Colossae,

                                                                  and Laodecia:4:13

                                                               Luke 4:14                             Luke  24

                                                               Demas 4:14                          Demas  24

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