Colossians 4:3

also praying for us at the same time, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the secret of the Christ, because of which I have also been bound,

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In The King James Version

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:

In Context

2Continue in the prayer, watching in it in thanksgiving,

4that I may reveal it, as it is necessary for me to speak.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:11And He answering said to them that, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of the heavens, and to these it has not been given,

Romans 15:30And I call on you, brothers, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in the prayers for me to God,

1 Corinthians 16:9for a door has been opened to me—great and effectual—and withstanders [are] many.

Ephesians 3:1For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,

Ephesians 6:19and in behalf of me, that to me may be given a word in the opening of my mouth, in freedom, to make known the secret of the good news,

Philippians 1:13so that my bonds have become evident in Christ in the whole Praetorium, and to all the other 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 →

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