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Colossians & Philemon: Confident Christianity
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Colossians & Philemon: Confident Christianity

7-Session Bible Study

Mark Meynell
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Easy-to-use 7-session Bible study on Colossians and Philemon that will root you in Christian confidence. Best-selling Bible-study guides with over 1 million sold!

Part of the Good Book Guides series.

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Description

This seven-session Bible study by Mark Meynell will help Christians grow into confidence and fruitfulness as they centre their lives around Jesus.

Each session will draw you to look closely at the Bible text and apply it meaningfully to your everyday life. It includes questions that open up discussion, optional personal reflections and a concise Leader’s Guide.

Flexible and easy to use, Good Book Guides are perfect for both groups and individuals.

Features: 

  • Written by a trusted Bible teacher 
  • Covers the entirety of Colossians and Philemon in seven sessions
  • Thoughtful questions that get to the heart of the text and apply it meaningfully to your life 
  • Discussion prompts 
  • Leader’s Guide with insights on every question
  • Optional extra sections if you have more time, including prayer prompts and icebreaker ideas

There is an accompanying commentary, Colossians & Philemon For You, available for those wanting an even more in-depth study or for those teaching the Bible to others. 

“Each guide in this series provides a framework for your group to dig into the text of Scripture for itself while providing enough of a steer to keep you on track plus useful pointers towards application. The result is a great combination of fidelity to Scripture and ease of use.” - Tim Chester, Crosslands Training; Author

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Contents

  • Introduction
    Why Study Colossians and Philemon?

    Timeline

    1. Jesus Our Confidence (Colossians 1:1-14)
    2. Jesus Our Lord (Colossians 1:15-23)
    3. Jesus Our Rock (Colossians 1:24 – 2:7)
    4. Jesus Our Fullness (Colossians 2:8-23)
    5. Jesus Our Lifestyle (Colossians 3:1 – 4:1)
    6. Jesus Our Ministry (Colossians 4:2-18)
    7. Jesus Our Unity (Philemon)

    Leaders' Guide

Specification

Contributors Mark Meynell
ISBN 9781802541595
Format Paperback
First published January 2026
Dimensions 140mm x 210mm x 4mm
Weight 0.13 kg
Print size 9.0pt
Language English
Pages 96
No. of studies 6
Publisher The Good Book Company
Endorsements

Michael J. Kruger

President and Professor of New Testament, Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, North Carolina

I love this small group study guide series from The Good Book Company. Christians are regularly told they should spend more time studying God’s Word, but sometimes there’s not a clear plan for how to do this. These study guides provide practical, step-by-step guidance on working through books of the Bible, along with wonderful questions that encourage reflection and application. I hope churches and Christian ministries will take advantage of this wonderful resource.

Tim Chester

Crosslands Training; Author of Enjoying God

The aim of the The Good Book Company is to be biblical, relevant and accessible, and nothing embodies that ethos more than their Good Book Guides. Each guide provides a framework for your group to dig into the text of Scripture for itself while providing enough of a steer to keep you on track plus useful pointers towards application. The result is a great combination of fidelity to Scripture and ease of use.

Gary Millar

Principal, Queensland Theological College, Australia; author of Saving Eutychus

The Good Book Guides are an immensely precious resource for the church. A careful blend of helpful context and clearly-worded, searching questions which aim to help readers to uncover the meaning of the text and  apply it in responsible ways. I think these small group studies are the best available and pray that they will continue to prove helpful to local churches across the world!

Customer reviews


18 Sep 2025

“A useful discussion basis”

(Review written for 'Colossians: Confident Christianity')

We find the study guides for bible books a useful basis for our discussions. Research can be used to add history and context. We’ve been using them for few years .


17 Nov 2018

“Helpful study!”

(Review written for 'Colossians: Confident Christianity')

Colossians is the 3rd study in this series that we've used with our group of non-native speakers. These questions are clear and make it easier to understand and apply the text. It's led to meaningful and helpful discussions. We love this series and hope to use more guides.


5 Mar 2015

“Fairly Good”

(Review written for 'Colossians: Confident Christianity')

This is a handy booklet to use as a basis for study of Colossians. It is very structured and keeps closely to the bible text. There are questions to consider related to the text and the author gives their answers to the questions at the back of the book.
I particularly liked the introductory ice- breaker question at the beginning of each section, as this invited free discussion. Some of the less open questions rather narrowed conversation down.


12 Feb 2014

“Too Complicated”

(Review written for 'Colossians: Confident Christianity')

Maybe if you were doing this study with a group of theological students then it could work, but my wife and I are leading a Bible study group for young parents who aren't very far on in their Christian walk, haven't had much solid teaching all their lives, and this study was just too complicated for them. In fact we ended up not doing it. Even I found the questions rather difficult to wrap my mind around.


13 Nov 2012

“Thought provoking”

(Review written for 'Colossians: Confident Christianity')

We are using the "Confident Christianity" for our House Group Study and so far have found it inspiring and certainly thought provoking.


29 May 2012

“ok but questions a bit contrived”

(Review written for 'Colossians: Confident Christianity')

it was ok but the questions are again very contrived (this is not the first itme I have found this with the GB gudies. I am an evangelist so get what you are trying to do.. but it is borderline patronising and also can be irrelevant in churches where the mission field is a real mixed bag.. and not full of oxbridge students and academics with 'fine sounding arguments (session 3) The friends of my small group members are not arguing their position so in a sense it sounds like we 'protest too much' .. ie it felt like a course on how to evangelise more than a celebration of who we are in Christ. If we know who we are in Christ then the evangelism will follow naturally,... I felt the passages had been highjacked by a specific agenda.. and belive me this is also my agenda... I love evangelism.. but it was 'too much' for members of my small group... and a tad simplistitc and patronising for the older members..


13 Mar 2012

“Excellent resource”

(Review written for 'Colossians: Confident Christianity')

A super starting point for planning Bible studies on Colossians or for using exactly as printed.


5 Nov 2010

“not easy to understand new christians”

(Review written for 'Colossians: Confident Christianity')

questions not easy to understand by younge christians, would allso be better if leader book seperate.


16 Jul 2010

“A good study”

(Review written for 'Colossians: Confident Christianity')

In a men's (10-12)study group I found it took two meetings, of approx.1 hour each, for each of the 6 studies. Some questions could have been put better, e.g. 3/5, 3/12, 6/11. Felt the stoicheia verses deserved more attention. NIV's 'basic principles' might be easily passed over but 'elemental spirits...' (NRSV+)seems to present a different challenge, especially in the light of Col. 1:16, 20.


7 May 2010

“very good value, and easy to use”

(Review written for 'Colossians: Confident Christianity')

We are in the middle of the study. We are all finding it helping, although not all the questions are.

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