<p>4:5 <i>One Lord, one faith, one baptism</i>- It is possible to discern within the NT letters the beginnings of a body of teaching about moral behaviour. The same outline themes are discernible in Colossians, Ephesians, 1 Peter and James:; I suggested on 1:1 that Ephesians was indeed written to the Ephesians, but it became the basis for a more general set of teachings which was employed in the early church and was repeated, verbatim at times, to the believers in Colosse:&nbsp;</p><div align=center><table border=0 cellspacing=12 cellpadding=0 width=90%>    <tbody>        <tr>            <td>            <p>            <b>Theme</b></p>            </td>            <td>            <p><b>Colossians</b></p>            </td>            <td>            <p><b>Ephesians</b></p>            </td>            <td>            <p><b>James </b></p>            </td>            <td>            <p><b>1 Peter</b></p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td>            <p>The new   birth baptism&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>2:12&nbsp;   &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>4:4-6&nbsp;   &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>1:18&nbsp;   &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>1:23</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td>            <p>The   things of the old life that must be left behind&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>3:9&nbsp;   &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>4:22&nbsp;   &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>1:21&nbsp;   &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>2:1</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td>            <p>The   image of God and Jesus; the new life that must be put on&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>1:19&nbsp;   &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>4:24&nbsp;   &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>1:18&nbsp;   &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>2:21</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td>            <p>The   theme of submission to Jesus as Lord of our lives&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>3:18&nbsp;   &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>5:22&nbsp;   &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>4:7&nbsp;   &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>2:13;   5:19</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td>            <p>Exhortation   to stand strong against temptation / the &lsquo;devil&rsquo;&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>4:12&nbsp;   &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>6:11&nbsp;   &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>4:7&nbsp;   &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>5:8,9</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td>            <p>Watch   and pray, endure to the end&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>4:2&nbsp;   &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>6:18&nbsp;   &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>5:16&nbsp;   &nbsp;</p>            </td>            <td>            <p>4:7</p>            </td>        </tr>    </tbody></table></div>