Colossians 4:2

Persevere in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving;

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

In Context

1Masters, give to bondmen what is just and fair, knowing that *ye* also have a Master in [the] heavens.

3praying at the same time for us also, that God may open to us a door of the word to speak the mystery of Christ, on account of which also I am bound,

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Cross References

1 Samuel 1:12And it came to pass as she continued praying before Jehovah, that Eli marked her mouth.

Job 15:4Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before God.

Psalms 55:16As for me, unto God will I call; and Jehovah will save me.

Matthew 26:41Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed [is] ready, but the flesh weak.

Luke 18:1And he spoke also a parable to them to the purport that they should always pray and not faint,

Romans 12:12As regards hope, rejoicing: as regards tribulation, enduring: as regards prayer, persevering:

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 →

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