Colossians 4:3
Praying simultaneously about us also, so that God may open to us a door of the word, to speak the mystery of the Christ, because of which I have also been bound,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
2Continue in prayer, being vigilant in it with thankfulness.
4so that I may make it known as I ought to speak.
Cross References
Matthew 13:11And having answered, he said to them, Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those men it has not been given.
Romans 15:30Now I beseech you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive with me in prayers to God for me.
1 Corinthians 16:9For a great and effective door has opened to me, and yet there are many who are hostile.
Ephesians 3:1For this reason I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,
Ephesians 6:19and for me, so that utterance may be given to me in boldness in opening my mouth to make known the mystery of the good-news,
Philippians 1:13in order for my bonds in Christ to became apparent in the whole Praetorium, and in all the others.
Matthew Henry on Colossians 4:3-5
Apostolic Exhortations. ( a. d. 62.) 2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; 3 Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: 4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. If this be considered as connected with the foregoing verse, then we may observe that it is part of the duty which masters owe their servants to pray with them, and to pray daily with them, or continue in prayer. They must not… Read the whole commentary →