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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Colossians 1:23

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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1:23 preached all over the world (literally preached to every creature under heaven): The point of Paul’s hyperbole (exaggeration for emphasis) is that centers for preaching the Good News had been established in key cities throughout the Roman world (see also 1:6).
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