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Colossian

Colossian

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A person from the ancient city of Colossae
  • noun
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  • The Colossians were known for their strong faith and commitment to their beliefs.
  • Colossians and Ephesians
  • wrote to the Colossians

Examples

  • They read, studied, and proclaimed the Holy Scriptures together, focusing on Paul's Letter to the Colossians.

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  • My belief in the equality of all people arises from the Bible, from the Book of Colossians: where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

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  • We are not perfect, we never will be, but we understand that Colossians 3:23-24 says that when we work

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  • The whole point of the book of Colossians is that belief in Christ is sufficient for Christians and what gives us unity despite our differences.

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  • One thing you might notice between Ephesians and Colossians is that the church in Colossae had a problem.

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  • In the early days of Christianity, the Colossians faced many challenges as a new community.

  • As a Colossian, he took great pride in his city's rich history and heritage.

Surface Forms

Colossian singular
Colossians plural

Morphology

Colossian = Colossae (transparent) = Colossae + ian

Formed by the standard demonym/adjectival suffix '-ian' added to the place name 'Colossae', so the relation to the base is straightforward.

Etymology

Colossian comes from the ancient city Colossae and simply means a person from that place. A helpful memory is that colossal and colossus share the same root and mean 'very large', so link those familiar words to the name Colossae to remember that a Colossian is 'from Colossae'.