Colossians 4:2
Give yourselves to prayer at all times, keeping watch with praise;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
In Context
1Masters, give your servants what is right and equal, conscious that you have a Master in heaven.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:12Now while she was a long time in prayer before the Lord, Eli was watching her mouth.
Job 15:4Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.
Psalms 55:16\55:15\Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.
Matthew 26:41Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
Luke 18:1And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;
Romans 12:12Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,
Matthew Henry on Colossians 4:2
Relative Duties. ( a. d. 62.) 1 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. The apostle proceeds with the duty of masters to their servants, which might have been joined to the foregoing chapter, and is a part of that discourse. Here observe, 1. Justice is required of them: Give unto your servants that which is just and equal ( v. 1 ), not only strict justice, but equity and kindness. Be faithful to your promises to them, and perform your agreements;… Read the whole commentary →