Paul's Problem with His Eyes? (TMF:2928)
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Peace to Live By: Paul's Problem with His Eyes? (TMF:2928) - Daniel Litton
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It may have been a problem from him to write his own letters, if his physical alignment he seems to have referenced on other occasions had to do with his eyes. Perhaps he couldn’t see well, or couldn’t see well up close. In another epistle he would note that he wrote with large letters, specifically to the Galatians. Interestingly, if it was the case that Paul had a problem with his eyes, that isn’t what he basically asks prayer for at the end. Instead, he asks the Colossians to remember his chains, to remember that he is in prison. He wants to get out of prison in order to do additional work for the Lord. He doesn’t want to be bought in prison. Recall, he told us this earlier in this chapter, when he expressed, “pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison— that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak” (Colossians 4:3, 4, ESV).