^[1] N.T. Wright, Colossians and Philemon (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1986), 33.

^[2] James Dunn, The Theology of the Apostle Paul (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2006), Location 689.

^[3] Dunn, The Theology of the Apostle Paul, Location 410.

^[4] R. McL. Wilson, Colossians and Philemon: The International Critical Commentary (London, New York: T&T Clark International: A Continuum Imprint, 2005), 24.

^[5] Wilson, Colossians and Philemon: The International Critical Commentary, 14.

^[6] Wright, Colossians and Philemon, 32.

^[7] Wright, Colossians and Philemon, 31.

^[8] Wright, Colossians and Philemon, 33.

^[9] Wilson, Colossians and Philemon: The International Critical Commentary, 10.

^[10] Wilson, Colossians and Philemon: The International Critical Commentary, 17.

^[11] Wilson, Colossians and Philemon: The International Critical Commentary, 9.

^[12] Wilson, Colossians and Philemon: The International Critical Commentary, 9.

^[13] Wright, Colossians and Philemon, 31.

^[14] Wright, Colossians and Philemon, 33.

^[15] John F. Walvoord, Roy B. Zuck eds., The Bible Knowledge Commentary (Victor Books 1985 Digital Distribution), entry: Introduction to Colossians

^[16] Wilson, Colossians and Philemon: The International Critical Commentary, 58.

^[17] Wilson, Colossians and Philemon: The International Critical Commentary, 60.

^[18] Wright, Colossians and Philemon, 33.

^[19] Wilson, Colossians and Philemon: The International Critical Commentary, 5.

^[20] Wilson, Colossians and Philemon: The International Critical Commentary, 11.

^[21] Wilson, Colossians and Philemon: The International Critical Commentary, 18.

^[22] Wilson, Colossians and Philemon: The International Critical Commentary, 18.

^[23] Wilson, Colossians and Philemon: The International Critical Commentary, 31.

^[24] Wright, Colossians and Philemon, 34.

^[25] Outi Leppå, The Making of Colossians: A Study on the Formation and Purpose of a Deutero-Ρauline Letter (Helsinki: Finnish Exegetical Society; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2003)

^[26] Jerry L. Sumney,  The Making of Colossians: A Study on the Formation and Purpose of a Deutero-Ρauline Letter (Source: Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 67 no 4 O 2005, p 717-719 Publication Type: Review)

^[27] Craig S. Keener ed., The IVP Bible Background Commentary (Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press, 1993 Digital Distribution) entry: Introduction to Colossians

^[28] Wilson, Colossians and Philemon: The International Critical Commentary, 9.

^[29] Morna D. Hooker, Were there False Teachers in Colossae? (Source: Christ and Spirit in the NT, pp. 315-331. Cambridge: University Press, 1973)

^[30] Colossians 2:4

^[31] F.F. Bruce, Colossian Problems Part 3: The Colossian Heresy. (Source: Bibliotheca sacra, 141 no 563 Jl-S 1984) 195-208.

^[32] Charles C. Bing, The Warning in Colossians 1:21-23 (Source: Bibliotheca sacra, 164 no 653 Ja-Mr 2007), 74-88.

^[33] John Calvin, The Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians (1549, translated T.H.L. Parker Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1965), 297.

^[34] Bruce, Colossian Problems Part 3, 195-208.

^[35] Colossians 1:27

^[36] 1QH 2:13

^[37] Bruce, Colossian Problems Part 3, 195-208.

^[38] Geoffrey W. Bromley ed., Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Digital Distribution)

^[39] Bromley, Theological Dictionary of the New Testament

^[40] Bruce, Colossian Problems Part 3, 195-208.

^[41] Adolf Deissmann, ‪St. Paul: a study in social and religious history (1912, translated by, ‪Lionel Richard Mortimer Strachan, ‪Hodder and Stoughton, 2007), 140.

^[42] 1 Corinthians 9:1

^[43] Dunn, The Theology of the Apostle Paul, Location 4052.

^[44] Jerry L. Sumney, Colossians a Commentary (Lousiville, London: Westminster John Knox Press, 2008), 61.

^[45] Colossians 1:13-14

^[46] Dunn, The Theology of the Apostle Paul, Location 5652.

^[47] N.T. Wright, Paul: In Fresh Perspective (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2009)

^[48] James Dunn, The New Perspective on Paul (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmann’s Pubclishing Company, 2007)

^[49] Dunn, The Theology of the Apostle Paul, Location 5652.

^[50] E.P. Sanders, Paul and Palestinian Judaism, (London: SCM Press, 1977)

^[51] Colossians 1:2

^[52] Colossians 1:4

^[53] Colossians 1:6

^[54] Colossians 1:6

^[55] Colossians 1:8

^[56] Bing, The Warning in Colossians 1:21-23, 74-88.

^[57] Bing, The Warning in Colossians 1:21-23, 74-88.

^[58] Sumney, Colossians a Commentary, 61.

^[59] Dunn, The Theology of the Apostle Paul, Location 4593.

^[60] Sumney, Colossians a Commentary, 60.

^[61] Wright, Colossians and Philemon, 64.

^[62] Wright, Colossians and Philemon, 64.

^[63] F.F. Bruce, Colossian Problems Part 2: The “Christ Hymn”. (Source: Bibliotheca sacra, 141 no 563 Jl-S 1984), 104.

^[64] Bruce, Colossian Problems Part 2, 99-100.

^[65] Wright, Colossians and Philemon, 64.

^[66] Wilson, Colossians and Philemon: The International Critical Commentary, 125.

^[67] Dunn, The Theology of the Apostle Paul, Location 5580.

^[68] Bruce, Colossian Problems Part 2.

^[69] Bruce, Colossian Problems Part 2, 100.

^[70] Wright, Colossians and Philemon, 66.

^[71] Wright, Colossians and Philemon, 66.

^[72] Dunn, The Theology of the Apostle Paul, Location 4714.

^[73] David H. Johnson, The Image of God in Colossians (Source: Didaskalia (Otterburne, Man.), 3 no 2 Ap 1992), 10.

^[74] Johnson, The Image of God in Colossians, 9.

^[75] Johnson, The Image of God in Colossians, 10.

^[76] Genesis 1:28

^[77] Johnson, The Image of God in Colossians, 10.

^[78] John 1:8

^[79] Brian Walsh, Sylvia Keesmaat, Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire (IVP Academic, Downers Grove, 2004), 63.

^[80] John Dominic Crossan, God and Empire: Jesus against Rome, Then and Now (Toronto: Harper-Collins, 2007, Kindle Edition), Location 1330.

^[81] Revelation 16:2

^[82] Crossan, God and Empire, Location 1330.

^[83] Marcus Aurelius, Meditations IV: Of Loyalty to the Principles of Wisdom [cited 21 July 2011]. Online: http://www.archive.org/stream/marcusaureliusa01auregoog#page/n8/mode/2up

^[84] Walsh, Keesmaat, Colossians Remixed, 83.

^[85] Walsh, Keesmaat, Colossians Remixed, 86.

^[86] 1 Corinthians 1:24, 1:30, 8:6

^[87] Sirach 1:9

^[88] Sirach 24:9

^[89] Baruch 4:4

^[90] Dunn, The Theology of the Apostle Paul, Location 4685.

^[91] Wisdom 9:2

^[92] Proverbs 4:6

^[93] Dunn, The Theology of the Apostle Paul, Location 4967.

^[94] Dunn, The Theology of the Apostle Paul, Location 4687.

^[95] Bruce, Colossian Problems Part 2, 101. (English translations added)

^[96] Dunn, The Theology of the Apostle Paul, Location 4732.

^[97] 1 Corinthians 12:12

^[98] Romans 12:4

^[99] Bruce, Colossian Problems Part 2, 105.

^[100] Bruce, Colossian Problems Part 2, 105.

^[101] Pierre Benoit, L’hymne christologique de Col 1, 15-20 in Christianity, Judaism and Other Greco-Roman Cults, ed. Jacob Neusner, 4 vols. (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1975), 248.

^[102] Romans 5:10

^[103] Dunn, The Theology of the Apostle Paul, Location 6711.

^[104] Wilson, Colossians and Philemon: The International Critical Commentary, 123.

^[105] Philippians 2:7

^[106] Philippians 2:8

^[107] Dunn, The Theology of the Apostle Paul, Location 4995.

^[108] Dunn, The Theology of the Apostle Paul, Location 4806.

^[109] Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code (Toronto: Anchor, 2009)

^[110] Tom Harpur, The Pagan Christ (New York: Walker & Company, 2005)

^[111] Hyam Maccoby, The Mythmaker: Paul and the Invention of Christianity (Barnes & Noble Books, 1998)