Week 4- Deutero-Pauline Epistles (Ephesians and Colossians

Ephesians is similar to Romans in a number of ways. It’s a rich theological treatise summarizing key doctrines and presenting practical implications for daily Christian living as well as for the church as a whole. The theology and themes of Colossians fit well with Paul’s undisputed writings, but some of the language seems out of place. Scholars, then, study Colossians with Paul, but acknowledge that it may represent a later development of his thoughts by those of Paul’s “school”. No matter how Colossians came to be written, nowhere in the undisputed Pauline letters is there such a focus on Jesus or this kind of high Christology. Jesus is equated with the Creator and is the source and sustainer of life.