We reviewed some of the arguments for considering Colossians to be non-Pauline, and looked in detail at the apparent conflict between Colossians 3:1 (and 2:12) -- which describes Christians as having already been resurrected -- and Romans 6:4 -- which says that their resurrection is yet to come. This discrepancy has been cited as evidence for non-Pauline authorship of Colossians, but the group saw it more as rhetorical overkill, partcularly if the passage is seen as starting at 2:20 and continuing through 3:4.

We also looked at the Haustafeln passage in 3:18-4:1, which hints at a longer term approach to Christian living, compared with the tendancy in other Pauline letters to think in terms of an imminent Second Coming.