Colossians 4:2

Persevere in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1MASTERS, afford to your servants that which is just, and an equivalent, knowing that ye also have a Master in the heavens.

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

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Cross References

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

Luke 18:1THEN he spake also to them a parable, to shew that we ought to pray always, and not faint;

Romans 12:12rejoicing in hope; patient in affliction; persevering 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 →

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