Colossians

American

[kuh-losh-uhnz] / kəˈlɒʃ ənz /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

a book of the New Testament, written by Paul. Col.

Colossians British

/ kəˈlɒʃənz /

noun

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

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The current British prime minister, Rishi Sunak, gave a reading from the first chapter of the Epistle to the Colossians.

From New York Times • May 6, 2023

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

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2023

“There’s a verse that we used from the book of Colossians, chapter three, verse 23,” Ryan said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2022

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

He then returned to the brief Colossian writing of St Paul, and worked it up, with his own Ephesian composition lying before him, into our existing epistle to the Colossians.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

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