The Apostle Paul prays for believers in Colossae to keep learning and living in a way that honors the Lord.

Paul makes a theological argument for the deity of Christ. Because He is God in flesh, He truly is Lord of All.

Paul makes his second theological declaration: Jesus is head of the church. Through His work of saving the last and sanctifying believers, Jesus is the founder and finisher of our faith.

When Jesus is first, our lives will be lived to glorify God and make disciples.

Through unity in Christ and growing in spiritual maturity, the church experiences the blessing of steadfast faith.

The Apostle Paul admonishes his readers to walk in the truth they've been taught. If they will do that, they will have lives of thankful joy. If they become distracted by false teaching they will be cheated out of the thankfulness in their walk with Christ.

Paul encourages His readers to peruse and think about Christ and His Kingdom even as we live in the world

Because we've been raised with Christ, our old identity apart from Christ is dead. Still, before we can put on our new nature in Christ, Paul argues that we must put off the sins of our former life.

As new creatures in Christ we enjoy new character traits and new community in which to live them out.

The gospel is the cure for relational conflict when Jesus is the only exalted one.

Praying for the lost and living intentionally to make Christ know support the call of the Great Commission

From Paul's closing words we see that the church is a spiritual family and not a social club. We also see the ministry is a team effort and not a one man show.