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The NIV Application Commentary: Colossians and Philemon

Copyright © 1998 by David E. Garland

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Garland, David E.

Colossians and Philemon / David E. Garland.

p. cm.—(NIV application commentary)

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ePub edition November 2014: ISBN 978-0-310-57097-4

ISBN-10: 0-310-48480-4

ISBN-13: 978-0-310-48480-6

1. Bible. N.T. Colossians—Commentaries. 2. Bible. N.T. Philemon—Commentaries. I. Title. II. Series.

BS 2715.3.G37 1997

227′.7077-dc21 97–37306

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