Abstract
Widespread disagreement about authorship of Colossians and Ephesians justifies separate treatment of Col. I: 15-20 and especially Eph. I: 3-14, but this separation is not intended to imply that Paul's authorship has been disproved. Eph. I: 3-14 probably represents a third stratum in the corpus Paulinum, namely post-Pauline use of tradition, and it is possible that Co1. I: 15-20 belongs in the same category. The Christological hymn in Colossians speaks to the relation between creation and redemption not merely by use of some cosmological terms but directly and explicitly, like the hymn in Philippians, through its Christology of the Lord. The early Christian confession in I Cor. 8: 6 shows that the development of cosmic Christology does not need to be explained by reference to stimulus from Gentile Hellenism. Paul's use of this confession in a hortatory section demonstrates, further, that cosmic Christology assisted in making pragmatic decisions.Keywords: Colossians; corpus Paulinum; cosmic Christology; creation; Ephesians; Philippians; redemption
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