The Epistle to the Laodiceans Overview

THE EPISTLE TO THE LAODICEANS

• Date: 200-400

• Claimed Author: Paul (actually Marcion or some Marcionite?)

• Original Language: Greek

• References: Gregory the Great, Jerome, Theodore? Theodoret? The Muratorian Fragment?

• This attempts to be the epistle Paul said he wrote to the Laodiceans in Colossians 4:16

• This whole work takes phrases mostly from Philippians and Galatians and mashes them up

pg. 546 & https://www.pseudepigrapha.com/LostBooks/paul2laodiceans.htm

Paul greets the brethren with grace and peace. He writes about his gratitude and warns them not to listen to those trying to lead others astray. His suffering, their prayers, and the Spirit led him to salvation. He then commends them to hold fast to what he taught them and to do good.