<p>4:16 <em>And when this letter has been read among you, take steps to have it read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and you also read the letter from Laodicea</em>- The letter <em>from</em> rather than <em>to</em> Laodicea may refer to a circular letter which was being passed around the churches, and was to come from Laodicea to Colosse. The letter in view may well be Ephesians (see on Eph. 1:1). The wish for letters to one church to be read to another indicates that we are wrong to think these letters are merely Paul writing to one specific church, and that the principles have no relevance to us. They clearly do, for even originally the letters were to be read to other churches for their instruction.</p>