Colossians

NT epistle, one of four “prison letters” attributed to the apostle Paul. As with Ephesians, Philippians, and Philemon, Paul said he was in prison when he wrote Colossians (Col 4:3, 10; cf. Eph 3:1; 4:1; 6:20; Phil 1:12–14; Phlm 1:9–10). He sent three of the letters to churches in Asia Minor and linked them with his colleague, Tychicus (Col 4:7–9; Eph 6:21–22). That seems to indicate that he wrote them at approximately the same time and that Tychicus delivered them.

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