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Colossians

American  
[kuh-losh-uhnz] / kəˈlɒʃ ənz /

noun

(used with a singular verb)
  1. a book of the New Testament, written by Paul. Col.


Colossians British  
/ kəˈlɒʃənz /

noun

  1. (functioning as singular) a book of the New Testament (in full The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians )

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart...” begins the verse from Colossians.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, a practising Hindu, will read from the biblical book of Colossians.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2023

After looking into some other options, Colossians 3:12-14, seemed like a good fit, closing with, “…over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2021

As the Apostle Paul says in Colossians 3:8-9, “But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander and filthy language. . . . Do not lie to each other.”

From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2017

On the other hand recent research into religious conditions in the early Empire has removed the principal objections to the authenticity of Philippians, Philemon, Colossians, and even Ephesians.

From The Making of the New Testament by Benjamin Wisner Bacon

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