Paul’s Greeting of and Thanksgiving for the Colossians (1:1–8)
Paul’s Prayer for the Colossians (1:9-14)
The Christ Hymn and Its Application to the Colossians (1:15-23)
Paul’s Apostolic Ministry and Its Application to the Colossians (1:24–2:5)
Paul Confronts the False Teaching (2:6–23)
Exhortation: Seek Instead the Things of Christ Above (3:1–17)
(3:18–4:6)
(4:7–18)
1:1–7
Philemon vv. 8–25