Does the Old Testament appear in Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians?
No. In these prison letters written after Acts 28, the inspired text contains no quotation or mention drawn from the Old Testament, and the Jew is not mentioned. This absence marks a shift from Israel to the Gentile, forming a higher level of doctrine, reproof, and correction.
Les teaches that Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians are prison epistles written after Acts 28. He explains that once Scripture makes this jump into higher or deeper spiritual truths, there is no longer any mention, not once, of a Jew or the Old Testament. He emphasizes that in these inspired letters there is not another word out of the Old Testament and not once is the Jew mentioned. Ephesians is a higher level of doctrine, Philippians a higher level of reproof, and Colossians a higher level of correction.
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Why do Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians not mention the Jews or the Old Testament?
Because after Acts 28 the focus turns to the Gentile, the prison epistles contain no mention of the Jew or the Old Testament.