Angels were endowed with the capacity to think, reason, and form attitudes. Their function was and is to be God's messengers and ministers to His creation.

Though many popular notions of angels come from non-biblical sources, the Bible offers the most accurate insights into their role, nature, and function.

Colossae and Laodicea were susceptible to fast-talking teachers, whose plausible words eroded the true Gospel in favor of pagan thought and practice.