Scripture Readings - Colossians

Colossians
This letter was written in the early 60’s while Paul was in prison (4:3,10,18) at about the same time as the letter to the Ephesians (with which it has many similarities). The purpose was to correct erroneous speculations which had arisen because of the activities of certain false teachers (perhaps Gnostics), who claimed to possess superior knowledge of divine matters (2:18), advocated a mixture of ascetical and ritual practices (2:16,20-23) which had certain Jewish parallels, as well as connections with Greek philosophic speculation and oriental mysticism.
The letter is divided into two parts: 1) a doctrinal section in which the supremacy of Christ in the cosmos, in the Church and in the individual is stressed (1:1-3:4) and 2) practical exhortations (3:5-4:18) in which the ascetical and legalistic tendencies are counteracted by a spiritual morality and social ethic bound together by Christian love.

Reading Read Time Hit Count
Colossians 1:1-3; 7-11 (21th Tuesday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,004
Colossians 1:3-6 (31st Saturday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,265
Colossians 1:18-23 (21th Wednesday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,284
Colossians 1:24-29 (21 Thursday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,381
Colossians 2:1-7 (21th Friday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,298
Colossians 2:8-12 (Circumcision) 1 min 5,216
Colossians 2:13-20 (22nd Monday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,486
Colossians 2:20-23; 3:1-3 (22nd Tuesday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,552
Colossians 3:4-11 (2 Sundays before the Nativity) 1 min 6,192
Colossians 3:4-11 (29th Sunday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,489
Colossians 3:12-16 (30th Sunday after Pentecost) 1 min 5,237
Colossians 3:17-25; 4:1 (22nd Wednesday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,315
Colossians 4:2-9 (22nd Thursday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,246
Colossians 4:5-9, 14, 18 (Apostle Luke) 1 min 4,045
Colossians 4:10-18 (22nd Friday after Pentecost) 1 min 4,023
Colossians 5:1-10 (22nd Saturday after Pentecost) 1 min 2,714