Colossians 4:2
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
In Context
1Masters, treat your slaves with justice and equity, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
Cross References
Matthew 26:41Keep watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Luke 18:1Then Jesus told them a parable about the need for them to pray at all times and not lose heart.
Romans 12:12Rejoice in hope, persevere in tribulation, and persist in 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 →