Colossians, << kuh LOSH uhnz, >> Epistle to the, is the 12th book of the New Testament. It is a letter from the apostle Paul to the Christians in Colossae (in what is now western Turkey). Some scholars doubt that Paul actually wrote the letter. They believe it was written in his name by one of his followers. If Paul wrote Colossians, he did so while in prison, possibly in Rome, in about A.D. 60. Colossians is mainly a warning against combining Christianity with a “philosophy” (Col. 2:8) that involved Jewish observances among other things. The author argued that faith in Jesus is completely sufficient, and that nothing need be added to it. See also Paul, Saint ; Bible (The Letters) .
