Colossians answers a syncretistic error threatening the church with philosophy, legal observance, and angel worship, and Paul's reply is the preeminence and all-sufficiency of Christ, in whom the fullness of deity dwells bodily. This volume expounds that argument and its practical outworking in the new self and the household, then turns to Philemon, where Paul asks a master to receive back Onesimus as a brother.

Each volume in the MacArthur New Testament Commentary works verse by verse through the Greek text, explains the passage in its context, and presents its theology with precision, in the service of expository preaching rather than academic debate. The series is written for pastors preparing sermons, teachers preparing lessons, and any believer willing to study carefully, and it is the fruit of more than five decades of pulpit ministry at Grace Community Church.