What is Colossians a higher level of?
Colossians is a higher level of correction. In the prison epistles written after Acts 28, Ephesians is a higher level of doctrine, Philippians is a higher level of reproof, and Colossians is a higher level of correction, once the jump is made into higher or deeper spiritual truths.
Les explains that after Acts 28, while in prison, he writes Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians, the prison epistles. This is a jump up to a plateau above Romans, Corinthians, and Galatians. Ephesians is a higher level of doctrine, Philippians is a higher level of reproof, and Colossians is a higher level of correction. Once this jump into higher or deeper spiritual truths is made, those letters contain no mention of a Jew or the Old Testament; after Acts 28 the turn is to the Gentile.