The letter to the Colossians was primarily written to correct false teaching regarding the Person of Christ. The problem the apostle Paul was attempting to deal with was the doctrinal heresy of Gnosticism… Colossians 2:6-10 Gnosticism was, and continues to be a philosophical, mystical, religious movement that is able to morph itself and blend into almost any religion (there are Jewish Gnostics, Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist Gnostics, as well as “Christian Gnostics”). (* See attached PDF outline)