The Epistle of Paul the apostle to the Colossians,

The paramount reason for the Epistle to the Colossians was to guard the believers in the church against the errors to which they were exposed -- errors that were so pronounced and prominent in that particular country -- false philosophy, the influence of false teachers in religion, those who asserted their superiority in religion, and those who taught Jewish customs of holy days, holidays and feast days as practiced by Judaizers. We can sum up the theme of Colossians in the following words: So far as the fundamentals of the faith are concerned, the chuch at Colosse was in excellent condition (Col. 1:3-8). There were two forms of very subtle error at work: The first was legality in the Alexandrian form of asceticism, "touch not, taste not." There was also a trace of Judaism -- the observance of days, feasts, new moons, etc. The second form of subtle error was false mysticism ("intruding into those things which he hath not seen"), which was the result of philosophic speculation. - Introduction.