Are Jews mentioned in Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians?
No. In Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians, there is not once a mention of a Jew or the Old Testament. After Acts 28, the inspired letters turn to the Gentile, reflecting a higher or deeper spiritual level of doctrine, reproof, and correction.
Les explains that Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians are prison epistles written after Acts 28, when he is in prison. Les teaches they are a higher plateau than Romans, Corinthians, and Galatians: Ephesians is a higher level of doctrine, Philippians a higher level of reproof, and Colossians a higher level of correction. Once this jump is made into higher or deeper spiritual truths, there is no longer any mention—not once—of a Jew or the Old Testament. After the Acts 28 statement that “from henceforth we turn to the Gentile,” not another word in the inspired letters of Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians comes out of the Old Testament, and the Jew is not mentioned once.