Colossians 4:3
At the same time pray for us as well, that God may open a door to us for the word so that we may speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
In Context
2Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
4Pray that I may make it known in the way I ought to speak.
Cross References
Matthew 13:11Jesus answered them, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
Romans 15:30Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf.
1 Corinthians 16:9for a great and effective door has been opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
Ephesians 3:1For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles, bow my knees in prayer.
Ephesians 6:19Pray also for me, so that when I open my mouth to speak, a message may be given to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
Philippians 1:13so that it has become known among the entire imperial guard and to everyone else that my imprisonment is for Christ.
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 →