Parallel Topical Analysis of Paul's Epistles to the
	Ephesians and Colossians
	Topical similarities between Paul’s epistles to the Ephesians and Colossians are substantial.
	Similar passages from each epistle are hereby set side-by-side for comparison. The similari-ties following are taken from an analysis by Albert Barnes, Barnes’ Notes, Introduction to Colossians. Passages are quoted from the New King James Version.
	Exercise: Read each pair of passages and highlight or underline phrases that are similar.
	As an example, similar phrases in the first pair of passages have been highlited.
	Ephesians	Colossians
	Ephesians 1:15-19 "Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,16 do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers:17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power"	Colossians 1:9-11 "For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;"