Colossians 1:2

²We are writing to God’s holy people in the city of Colosse, who are faithful brothers and sisters in Christ. May God our Father give you grace and peace.b

Colossians 1 opens Paul’s letter to a young church he did not plant, facing pressure from false teaching. After a warm thanksgiving and prayer for their growth, Paul launches into one of the most exalted Christological passages in the New Testament: Christ as the image of God, the a