Colossians 1:11-23 -- Jesus is the Icon of the Invisible God

1. Letter Outline
2. Additional Textual remarks
3. Jesus is the Icon of the invisible God

Colossians 1:1-14 -- Introduction and Textual Remarks

1. Textual remarks
2. Introduction to Colossians

Galatians 5:22--6:18 - Giving and Conclusion

1. The Fruit of the Spirit vs the Works of the Flesh
2. Sharing with the one who has taught you ... and the Galatians' failure in this matter.
3. The stigmata
4. Concluding remarks

Galatians 4:21--5:22 - The Allegory of Freedom

1. The Allegory of Freedom
2. "If circumcision is so impotant, than just go whole hog and cut the whole thing off"
3. The fruit of the spirit in response to works of the flesh

Galatians 4:1-31 - The Children of the Promise

Paul's Allegory using Abraham and Hagar vs Abraham and Sarah
The Children of Works vs. the Children of Promise

Galatians 3:15--4:11 - The Law is our Schoolmaster

The place of the law in the Christian life: The Law as our schoolmaster
What the law is and what the law is NOT.