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Colossae (kəlŏs`ē), ancient city of SW Phrygia, Asia Minor, S of the Maeander (modern Menderes) River, in W Turkey, 4 mi (6.4 km) E of Denizli. It flourished as a trading town until eclipsed by neighboring Laodicea. The area around Colossae was famous for fantastic theological theories in early Christian times. Although Paul himself never went there, he addressed his epistle to the Colossians Colossians (kəlŏsh`ənz), New Testament letter. ..... Click the link for more information. through his fellow worker, Epaphras, who lived at Colossae. |
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52) We know that Prisca and Aquila hosted house churches in Ephesus (1 Cor 16:19) and Rome (Rom 16:3-5), while Nympha hosted one in Laodicea (Col 4:15) and Philemon one in Colossae (Philemon 2). A second scenario suggests that Paul may have sent an associate or delegate to Crete to establish the early church, much as he had sent them to Epaphras and later to Tychicus in the church at Colossae (Col 1:7; 4:12). When he comes to translate Paul's strictures against certain kinds of pious (and misguided) behavior in the congregation at Colossae, Luther renders their problem in Col 2:23 "self-chosen spirituality," an expression particularly pertinent for a society infected by new-age religion. |
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