It is hard to touch anything in Ephesians without encountering—or creating—a problem. The book of Ephesians has touched off a firestorm of controversy in biblical scholarship—authorship, audience, date, theological emphases, and the like. Walter F. Taylor’s commentary on Ephesians brings order out of the Ephesian chaos.
Paul’s letter to the Colossians, however, presents another set of exegetical and interpretive challenges. In a time like ours when syncretistic versions of Christianity beckon alluringly, Colossians has an especially pertinent message. What are its theological emphases and its patterns of thought? In his commentary on Colossians, John H.P. Reumann shows the literary prominence of Christ and his ministry in the words of Paul’s letter.
