Epistle to the Colossians

The Colossians were taught by Epaphrotides, who was one of them. After he had taught them, some of the philosophers and Jews came to them and began to seduce them with their teaching. The Jews forced them to keep the law, and the philosophers told them that this world came from the structure of creatures, and not from nothing, as some teach us. When Paul learned and was informed by Epaphrotis that they had accepted the Gospel, and that they were often visited by Jews and Gentiles, he wrote a letter to them, saying this at the beginning of it: You might be interested in: