Paul says that through faith in Christ, believers have put off the old nature, the "body of the flesh," and have been made new.

The concept of blood as a symbol of sacrifice and atonement plays a significant role in Christian theology and is ultimately tied to Jesus

The church in Colossae was likely founded by Epaphras, who had become a fellow worker with Paul (Colossians 4:12-13). Epaphras had probably