who wrote the book of colossians

The traditional and most widely held view is that the apostle Paul wrote the book of Colossians, with Timothy closely associated as his coworker.

Who wrote Colossians?

• The letter itself opens with, “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother” (Colossians 1:1), which presents Paul as the primary author and Timothy as his associate.
• Many scholars think Timothy may have served as an amanuensis (secretary), helping Paul compose or write down the letter while Paul was imprisoned.
• Early Christian writers such as Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, and Origen all treat Colossians as a genuine letter of Paul, and this went largely unquestioned until the 19th century, when some modern scholars began to raise stylistic and linguistic objections.
• Even where scholars question Pauline authorship, they usually still see the letter as coming from within Paul’s circle—perhaps a close follower writing in his name and theology—rather than from a much later or unrelated source.