The Scythians (3:11) lived about 500 miles (805 km) north of Colossae along the Black Sea coast. The Greeks thought of them as violent, uneducated, uncivilized people. In contrast, Paul states that Christ binds all people from all nations together in unity through his love. Racial and cultural prejudice has no place among Christians.
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