Peter O’Brien, one of the commentators on this letter, says that these two verses “are the heart of the letter.” They form sort of a hinge. The first part leading up to this point, Paul uses many of the same phrases, much of the vocabulary that has been at the very heart of his message thus far is used in these two verses so there’s sort of a summarizing going on in these two verses of everything he’s said. But he’s also about to transition to a new segment of the letter where he’s a little more pointed in responding to the mistakes of the false teachers who had been troubling the Colossian churches. So this is a pivotal portion of the letter; it’s the heart of the letter.