![]() It is argued that there are many hapax legomena 1 in Colossians and that there are unusual groupings of synonyms (1:9 3:16) uncommon to Paul. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the consensus surrounding Pauline authorship began to be questioned, on several grounds, the first being language and style. That the apostle was indeed the author was held unanimously throughout the history of the church until the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. ![]() In 1:1 the text says, “From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God….” The writer again refers to himself in 1:23 as “Paul,” a “servant of the gospel.” And finally, in 4:18, the letter alleges to have been written by the apostle Paul. The Colossian letter makes the explicit claim to be from the hand of Paul.
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