Colossians 1:1-2 - Intro to the book

We'd love to hear from you. Message us here.Peace is everywhere on merch, in slogans, and in our wish list for life, but Paul starts somewhere else. We open Colossians with just two verses and find a surprisingly complete roadmap: grace first, then peace. That order isn’t a religious detail. It’s a claim about how lasting peace with God and peace in our hearts actually happens, rooted in what Jesus has done rather than what we can manage on our own.We also zoom out to why Paul writes Colossians at all. The big theme is “life in Christ,” and Paul uses an image you can’t unsee: the church is a body and Jesus is the Head. You can’t keep the body alive while swapping out the Head, which is why Paul pushes for the preeminence of Christ, Jesus in first place. From there we talk about the kinds of false teaching that creep in, including the lure of secret knowledge (early Gnosticism) and the pressure of legalism that turns faith into a checklist.Then we slow down again and look at the people in the greeting: Paul, Timothy, the believers in Colossae, and the stunning word Paul uses for ordinary Christians, “saints.” We connect it to the cross and to Galatians 2:20, where faith means being united with Christ in His death and resurrection. If you’ve ever felt tempted to “upgrade” Jesus with something extra, this is your reminder to hold on to the only source of real life. Subscribe for the rest of our Colossians study, share this with a friend, and leave a review. What helps you keep Jesus in first place?https://www.facebook.com/ablossombiblechurch