Prison Epistle Relationships

In Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians, each book looks at relationships in the body of Christ. Ephesians is about the relationship of the body of Christ to its’ head; Colossians is concerned with the relationship of the head to the body, and finally Philippians is emphasizing the relationship of the body to each other.

Complete in Him

Everything we are and everything we have is in Christ. We have died with Christ (circumcised with the circumcision made without hands). We have been buried with him (buried with him in baptism). We have been made alive with him (wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead).…

What is This Mystery?

October 5, 2025
Galen Bloom
Right Division

In Colossians 1:25-26 Paul declares: “Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:” A mystery is something that has been kept secret. So what secret…

Prison Epistle Relationships (7) – From Persecutor to Persecuted

September 27, 2025
Galen Bloom
Right Division

Galen gives his perspective on how Paul could have fit into the end times if Israel had accepted Christ as their Messiah. Paul had started out persecuting the church of God, but ended up being persecuted for the cause of Christ.

Prison Epistle Relationships (6) – I Paul am Made a Minister

September 20, 2025
Galen Bloom
Philippians and Colossians, Right Division

In Colossians 1, Paul emphasizes that he was made a minister. This is because there were two aspects to his ministry. The first aspect was his ministry as he spread the gospel of the grace of God throughout the known world. The second aspect of his ministry was that a dispensation of God was given to him, making him the apostle of…

Prison Epistle Relationships (5) – If Ye Continue . . .

September 9, 2025
Galen Bloom
Right Division, Salvation

Colossians 1:21-23 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye…

Prison Epistle Relationships (4) – A Three Fold Appeal to Believers

September 9, 2025
Galen Bloom
Philippians and Colossians, Right Division

In Colossians it is made very clear that we are complete in Christ. There is nothing we can do to make us more complete – Christ did it all. But there are traps that we can fall into concerning the faith, and our reward can be lost. Three traps that are laid by men: Let no man rob you. Let no man…

Prison Epistle Relationships (3) – Warnings

August 29, 2025
Galen Bloom
Truth

Everyone is responsible for studying God’s Word to verify that the doctrines they are being taught are true. Paul warns of men who will beguile you. There are also false teachers who present themselves as ministers of light. Cunning men using craftiness will try to deceive you. But Paul also tells us how to identify these men and how to walk in…

Prison Epistle Relationships (2) – Relations in Colossians

August 29, 2025
Galen Bloom
Jesus Christ

When Paul talks about Jesus being the image of God, he is not saying he is the likeness. He is showing that Christ was indeed God. When he says Christ is the firstborn, he is showing that Jesus is given all the wealth and authority of all men.

Prison Epistle Relationships (1) – Salutations