The epistle to the Colossian church is one of the prison letters sent by Paul the Apostle when he was under house arrest in Rome, waiting for Nero to rule on his appeal. The Colossian church was planted by Epaphras during the two years that Paul had been teaching out of the School of Tyrrannus in Ephesus, 100 miles away. Now there comes news of significant pressure on the Church in Colossae to modify, if not depart from their faith in Christ Jesus.
