Paul's Letter To Colossians

Those that argue that Paul authored the letter to Colossians point out the similarities that the letter has to Philemon (Harris, 2014). Both letters were written while Paul was imprisoned apparently and mentions many of the same people, including the fact that both include Timothy in the salutations; it also includes greetings from many of the same people as the Philemon letter (Harris, 2014).
Opponents of Paul’s authorship points out that Philemon was the house Church at Colossae, and the author of Colossians never mentions him (Harris, 2014). Scholars state that the terminology in Colossians is different from the early Pauline works, much so that it is believed that one of his disciple wrote it (Kealthley, 2004). It is also argued that the