Subjects
INDEX OF PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS
Access to God
Achaeus
Adoption
Age: present
Age to come
Alexander the Great
Angels, angel worship. See also Heresy: Colossian.
Anger
Antiochus I
Antiochus II
Antiochus III
Apostle(s), apostleship
Apphia
Archippus
Aristarchus
Armor of God (panoply)
Asceticism
Attalus III
Augustus
Baptism. See also Buried with Christ; Dying with Christ; Raised with Christ.
Barnabas
Belt of truth
Benediction
Blessing (berakhah)
Blood of the cross
Body of Christ
Breastplate of righteousness
Brother(s) in Christ
Buried with Christ
Caesar, Julius
Calendar: sacred
Catholicism: incipient
Children and parents
Christ, Jesus Christ: agent in creation;
agent in reconciliation;
all in all;
all-sufficient;
ascended;
Beloved;
cornerstone;
cosmic;
exalted;
example;
firstborn of creation;
firstborn from the dead;
fullness of God;
goal of creation;
head of the church;
hope of glory;
image of God;
incarnate;
indwelling;
Lord of the universe;
mediatorial role;
the mystery of God;
preexistence;
resurrected;
sacrifice;
Second Adam;
supreme;
triumph of;
Wisdom of God
Christ-hymn. See Hymn to Christ.
Church: body of Christ;
bride of Christ;
cosmic role;
fullness of Christ;
God’s building;
masterpiece of grace;
new comumnity;
temple of God;
third race;
unity of;
universality of;
upbuilding the. See also House church.
Circumcision
Codes: household
Colossae
Colossians: analysis;
authorship;
critical questions;
date and place;
prescript;
style;
teaching
Compassion
Conduct: Christian
Confession of faith
Covetousness
Cyrus the Great
Cyrus the Younger
Darkness—light
Demas
Devil
Doxology
Dying with Christ. See also Baptism.
Election
Elemental forces. See Forces: elemental.
Encouragement
Epaphras
Ephesians: analysis;
authorship;
and Colossians;
and the Pauline corpus;
imagery;
nature and purpose;
prescript;
style
Ephesus
Eschatology: future;
realized
Eulogia
Evangelists
Faith
First Adam
Flaccus, Lucius
Footwear of the gospel
Forbearance
Forces: elemental (stoicheia)
Forgiveness of sins
Fornication
Freedom: from festival
regulations;
from food regulations. See also Liberty: Christian.
Fullness (plērōma). See also Christ: fullness of God; Church: fullness of Christ.
Gentiles. See also Jews and Gentiles.
Gentleness
Gifts: spiritual. See also Ministries.
Gnosticism
Goodness
God: Creator;
eternal purpose;
the Father;
the Father all-glorious;
the Father of Jesus Christ;
our Father;
love of;
mercy of;
power of;
will of;
wisdom of;
wrath of
Gospel
Grace
Gratitude. See also Thankfulness.
Greetings: from Paul;
from Paul’s companions
Guestroom (for Paul)
Heart
Heavenlies
Helmet of salvation
Heresy: Colossian
Hierapolis
Holiness
Hope
House church
Household codes. See Codes: household.
Humility;
false
Ignatius
Imagery: architectural;
biological. See also Ephesians: imagery.
Imitation of God
Immortality
Impurity
In Christ
Incorporation of Gentile believers. See also Gentiles; Jews and Gentiles.
Indicative and imperative forms
Inheritance
Initiation: Isis
In the Lord
Iranian mystery religion. See Mystery religion: Iranian.
Isis initiation. See Initiation: Isis.
Jerusalem
Jesus Justus
Jews;
and Gentiles. See also Gentiles.
Joy
Judas Maccabaeus
Judgment
Justification
Kindness
Kingdom of Christ
Kingdom of God
Knowledge: true;
false
Laodicea
Law
Letter from Laodicea
Liberty: Christian. See also Freedom.
Life: new
Light. See also Darkness—light.
Love
Luke
Lycus valley
Lying
Malice
Man: new;
old
Mark
Maturity
Michael (archangel)
Ministries
Mithridates VI
Montanism
Mystery: the. See also Christ: the mystery of God.
Mystery religion: Iranian
Mysticism: merkabah
Neopythagoreanism
New life. See Life: new.
New man. See Man: new.
Noah
Nympha
Obedience: children to parents;
slaves to masters
Old man. See Man, old.
Onesimus
Parousia
Passion
Pastors
Patience
Paul: passim; apostle of Christ Jesus;
autograph;
companions;
friends;
imprisonment;
messengers;
ministry;
missionary to the Gentiles;
mystical experience;
and Onesimus;
and Philemon. See also Apostle; Colossians: authorship; Ephesians: authorship; Onesimus; Philemon (letter to): authorship; Philemon (person); Prayer: intercessory; Rome.
Peace
Pergamum
Perseverance
Personality: corporate
Philemon (letter to): analysis;
authorship;
date and provenance;
nature and purpose;
prescript
Philemon (person)
Philip (the evangelist)
Phrygia
Praise: glorious
Prayer: intercessory
Principalities and powers. See also Angels.
Procession: triumphal
Prophets
Put off—put on
Pythagoreans
Qumran
Raised with Christ. See also Baptism.
Reconciliation: cosmic;
horizontal;
personal
Redemption: cosmic;
personal
Regulations
Righteousness
Rome, Romans
Saints
Scythians
Seleucus I
Severa, Julia
Shield of faith
Singing
Sins. See Trespasses and sins.
Slander
Slave, slavery: vs.
free;
and masters
Speech: foul;
harsh;
graceful
Spirit, Holy Spirit
Stealing
Stoicism
Subjection, submission
Sword of the Spirit
Temple at Jerusalem
Thankfulness. See also Gratitude.
Thanksgiving: introductory
Time: use of
Timothy
Tradition: of Christ;
of men
Trespasses and sins
Truth
Tychicus
Understanding
Unity: exhortation to. See also Church, unity of.
Valentinianism. See also Gnosticism.
Vices: catalogs of
Vices and virtues: catalogs of
Virtues: catalog of
Walls: broken. See also Jews and Gentiles; Reconciliation: horizontal; Slave vs. free.
Watchfulness
Wisdom
Wives and husbands
Word of Christ
Works
World rulers (kosmokratores)
Wrath
Xerxes
Zoroastrianism