Colossians Chapters - ASV Bible
Colossians defends the absolute supremacy and sufficiency of Jesus Christ against a blend of Jewish ritual, Greek philosophy, and mystical speculation that threatened to supplement or replace Christ at the center of the Colossian church's faith. Colossians Bible chapters open with one of the New Testament's greatest declarations about Christ — the image of God, firstborn over all creation, in whom all things hold together and in whom all the fullness of God dwells (1:15-20). The rest of the letter grounds every aspect of Christian ethics — in household relationships, workplace conduct, and personal character — in this exalted vision of a Christ who is "all and in all" (3:11).
About Colossians
Colossians is the fifty-first book of the Bible, written by the apostle Paul around AD 60-62 while imprisoned in Rome, and spanning 4 chapters. Written to a church Paul had not personally visited (planted by his co-worker Epaphras), Colossians addresses a dangerous heretical teaching -- the Colossian heresy -- that apparently combined Jewish ritualism, Greek philosophy, angel worship, and ascetic practices into a religious system that diminished the absolute supremacy and sufficiency of Christ. Paul responds with what scholars consider the most exalted Christology in the entire New Testament. Major themes include the absolute supremacy and sufficiency of Christ as Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer, the fullness of deity dwelling in Christ bodily, freedom from human religious regulations that merely appear wise, and the transformation of all human relationships through the gospel. Key chapters include Colossians 1 (the Christ hymn -- the image of the invisible God), Colossians 2 (fullness in Christ, warning against empty philosophy), and Colossians 3 (put off and put on -- the new self in Christ). Famous verses include Colossians 1:16-17 -- For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible...and in him all things hold together -- and Colossians 3:23 -- Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord. Colossians KJV Bible reading establishes Christ as preeminent over all things. Read the Book of Colossians online here in full.