Colossians 4 Study Notes
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4:12-13 On Epaphras, see note at 1:7-8.
4:14 This is the only place in the NT where Luke’s profession is identified. Demas, one of Paul’s companions, later abandoned the gospel ministry because of his love for the world (2Tm 4:10).
4:15 Laodicea, ten miles from Colossae, also had a fledgling congregation of believers. Paul specifically mentioned Nympha, in whose home the Laodicean church met.
4:16 Once this letter had been read among the Colossian believers, they were to send it or a copy of it to Laodicea. Paul apparently wrote a letter to the Laodiceans that was also to be read in Colossae. The epistle to the Laodiceans was either another of Paul’s epistles (Ephesians?) or a letter that has not been preserved.
4:17 On Archippus, see note at Phm 2.
4:18 Although Paul probably used a secretary to write this epistle (cp. Rm 16:22), he often signed his letters himself as a mark of their authenticity and his affection for the recipients (1Co 16:21; Gl 6:11; 2Th 3:17; Phm 19).