Today's Reading | January 25, 2025
Colossians 1:1–14
Introduction Colossians 1:1–14: Today we begin the Letter to the Colossians. It opens with the apostle Paul’s greeting and prayer of thanksgiving. Colossae was a small inland city in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), about 110 miles east of the port city of Ephesus in the Lycus River valley. Among Paul’s purposes in writing was to warn the Colossians about false…
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