This inaugural EGGNT volume provides the following for Colossians and for Philemon: an introduction, an analytical outline of the letter, a list of recommended commentaries, detailed exegetical notes, a translation and an expanded paraphrase of the whole book, a comprehensive exegetical outline of the book, and a glossary of grammatical and rhetorical terms. For each paragraph in Colossians and Philemon, the exegetical notes include the Greek text, structural analysis, grammatical discussion, topics for further study, and homiletical suggestions.

Dunn's study of the Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon is a contribution to The New International Greek Testament Commentary. While interacting with significant modern New Testament research, the contributors also keep in mind the needs of beginning Greek students and of pastors or laypersons not presently engaged in the study of Greek.