Christians at Hierapolis lived among worshippers of the goddess Cybele, materialism threatened those in Laodicea, and the Colossians were endangered by human philosophy.
हेरापलीतील ख्रिस्ती अशा लोकांमध्ये राहत होते जे सिबिली नावाच्या देवीचे उपासक होते.