H J Vine

With strong and subtle energy various influences were ceaselessly at work to side-track the brethren in Christ at Colosse. Paul was aware of this, and though he had never seen them, he was guided by the Spirit to write showing them the all-sufficiency of Christ Jesus, warning them not to be diverted from Him in the slightest degree, and encouraging them to continue in Christ Jesus the Lord even as they had received Him when they first believed the Gospel of their salvation.