歌罗西书 Colossians

歌罗西书也是保罗的狱中书信（约公元 60–62 年）。歌罗西位于以弗所以东的吕高斯谷，教会由以巴弗建立，保罗本人未曾到访。以巴弗远道前来探监，带来好消息，也带来隐忧：一种混杂的「哲学」正渗入教会——讲究守节期、禁戒饮食、敬拜天使、苦待己身，暗示单有基督还不够，必须加上某些秘传知识与规条才算完全。

保罗的回应不是逐条驳斥，而是把基督举得更高：爱子是那不能看见之神的像，万有都是靠他造的，又是为他造的；神本性一切的丰盛，都有形有体地居住在基督里面，你们在他里面也得了丰盛。既然如此，何必再被「不可拿、不可尝、不可摸」之类的规条辖制？这些不过是影儿，形体却是基督。

随后保罗转入生活：既与基督一同复活，就当思念上面的事，治死地上的肢体，穿上怜悯、恩慈、谦虚、温柔、忍耐，让基督的平安在心里作主，并把信仰带进家庭与工作。今天各样「基督加上某某」的教导仍层出不穷，歌罗西书的答案始终如一：基督是一切，又在一切之内——他够用了。

Colossians is another of Paul's prison letters (around AD 60–62). Colossae lay in the Lycus Valley east of Ephesus; its church was planted by Epaphras, and Paul himself had never visited. Epaphras traveled to see Paul in prison, bringing encouraging news but also a worry: a syncretistic "philosophy" was seeping into the church — festival observance, food taboos, the worship of angels, harsh treatment of the body — quietly implying that Christ alone was not enough, that fullness required secret knowledge and extra rules.

Paul's answer is not a point-by-point rebuttal but a higher lifting up of Christ: the Son is the image of the invisible God; all things were created through him and for him; in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and in him you have been brought to fullness. Why then submit again to rules like "Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!"? These are only a shadow; the reality is found in Christ.

From this summit Paul descends into daily life: since you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above; put to death what belongs to the earthly nature; clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience; let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts; carry the faith into household and work. "Christ plus something" teachings still multiply today, and the answer of Colossians never changes: Christ is all, and is in all — and he is enough.