Satan took the truth of God and found agents to deny it, distort it, and debase it. He would alter a word here, snip out a bit there, and add something to that. He attacked the Word of God, the Son of God, and the Spirit of God. At Colosse, he attacked the deity of Christ first. Then came the additions: intellectualism, ritualism, legalism, mysticism, and asceticism. Only one man was intellectual enough and spiritual enough to unravel and refute the tangled web of truth and error that was snaring the simple souls.

So Paul seized his pen and went to work. To Satan's horror, what resulted was another divinely inspired, God-breathed, inerrant, flawless, living, powerful epistle to be added to the Word of God. Every possible distortion that Satan could dream up has been answered apostolically! He has no new ideas! All he can do now is rehash and juggle the same bankrupt lies and hope that people don't know their Bibles well enough to see through them.

The John Phillips Commentary Series is designed to provide pastors, Sunday school teachers, and students of the Scripture with doctrinally sound interpretation that emphasizes the practical application of Bible truth. Working from the familiar King James Version, Dr. Phillips not only provides helpful commentary on the text, but also includes detailed outlines and numerous illustrations and quotations. Anyone wanting to explore the meaning of God's Word in greater depth - for personal spiritual growth or as a resource for preaching and teaching - will welcome the guidance and insights of this respected series.

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John Phillips (1927-2010) served as assistant director of the Moody Correspondence School as well as director of the Emmaus Correspondence School, one of the world's largest Bible correspondence ministries. He also taught in the Moody Evening School and on the Moody Broadcasting radio network.