09/07/2025
歌羅西 Colossae
歌羅西書 / Colossians 1-2
1 我是奉上帝旨意作基督耶穌使徒的保羅，
2 和提摩太弟兄寫信給歌羅西的聖徒，就是忠於基督的弟兄姊妹。願我們的父上帝賜給你們恩典和平安！
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
2 To God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
歌羅西是小亞細亞弗里吉亞的古城，也是安那托利亞南部（現代土耳其）最著名的城市之一。 《歌羅西書》是一部早期基督教文本，作者為使徒保羅，是寫給歌羅西教會的。 從公元前 5 世紀開始，它就是一個重要的城市，到保羅時代，它的重要性已經下降，但因其當地天使崇拜的存在而聞名。
Colossae was an ancient city of Phrygia in Asia Minor and one of the most celebrated cities of southern Anatolia (modern Turkey). The Epistle to the Colossians, an early Christian text identifying its author as Paul the Apostle, is addressed to the church in Colossae. A significant city from the 5th century BC onwards, it had dwindled in importance by the time of Paul but was notable for the existence of its local angel cult.
