{"id":2136,"date":"2023-07-12T10:13:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T14:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/?page_id=2136"},"modified":"2023-08-01T17:39:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T21:39:00","slug":"2-colossians","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/2-colossians\/","title":{"rendered":"2. Colossians 1:1-2:5 The Colossal Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">(What To Think About Before Class)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Read: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Colossians%201&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\">Colossians 1:1-2:5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Do <strong>Step 2<\/strong> of &#8220;Three Steps to Reading an Epistle&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(We did Step 1 in class)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">STEP 1.&nbsp;<strong>Identify Arrangement<\/strong>: How is this letter arranged?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Epistles are usually arranged into four parts. Look for these parts in your text:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u2013 Greeting: introduces who is writing and to whom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>1:1-2 Greeting<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u2013 Opening: usually prayer\/poem, why writing, and main message\/theme<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>1:3-2:5 Opening Thought<\/em>s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u2013 Body: \u201cTherefore\u201d of the letter, focused on exhortation and instruction <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>2:6-4:6 Body of Letter<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u2013 Conclusion: closing greetings \/ instructions \/ blessing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>4:7-17 Closing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">STEP 2.&nbsp;<strong>Study Opening:&nbsp;<\/strong>What is the writer want to emphasize as the main message \/ purpose of the letter? Look for words that are repeated \/ patterns, big ideas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Read and Reread the Opening 1:3-2:5 (HINT: The Key Paragraph is the Poem <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1:15-19<\/span>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Handout\/In Class Study: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lexingtonlutheran.org\/Bible_Class\/Colossians1_3-2_5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/lexingtonlutheran.org\/Bible_Class\/Colossians1_3-2_5.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(What To Think About Before Class) Read: Colossians 1:1-2:5 Do Step 2 of &#8220;Three Steps to Reading an Epistle&#8221; (We did Step 1 in class) STEP 1.&nbsp;Identify Arrangement: How is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2136","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2136"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2167,"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2136\/revisions\/2167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}