Colossians 4:3
Pray together, for us also, so that God may open a door of speech to us, so as to speak the mystery of Christ, (because of which, even now, I am in chains)
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In Context
2Pursue prayer. Be watchful in prayer with acts of thanksgiving.
4so that I may manifest it in the manner that I ought to speak.
Cross References
Matthew 13:11Responding, he said to them: “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but it has not been given to them.
Romans 15:30Therefore, I beg you, brothers, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Holy Spirit, that you assist me with your prayers to God on my behalf,
1 Corinthians 16:9For a door, great and unavoidable, has opened to me, as well as many adversaries.
Ephesians 3:1By reason of this grace, I, Paul, am a prisoner of Jesus Christ, for the sake of you Gentiles.
Ephesians 6:19and also for me, so that words may be given to me, as I open my mouth with faith to make known the mystery of the Gospel,
Philippians 1:13in such a way that my chains have become manifest in Christ in every place of judgment and in all other such places.
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 →