URL: http://ttpstudents.com/papers/ets/2006/Terveen/Terveen.html

Summary:
by J. L. Terveen
2002

Pauls thematic call to the Colossian believers to "walk in him" (2:6), announced at the outset of the body of his epistle, draws immediate attention to the distinctive Pauline "in him/Christ" terminology. It is Paul's christologically framed conception of the believer's personal intimate union with Christ that dominates and provides the hermeneutical key for his initial response in Col. 2:8-15 to the threat of the Colossian "philosophy." The purpose of this study, therefore, will be to demonstrate exegetically how Paul does employ union christology in Col. 2:8-15 as the dominant theological motif providing solid grounding for his major charge to the faith community at Colossae..

Category: Biblical Theology

Tags: Pauline, Christological, Touchstone, Colossians, Paul