Colossians 4:3
Keep on praying for me, too, that God may open for me a door of utterance to speak the secret truth of Christ, for which I am a prisoner.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2Be unwearied in prayer, and keep awake in it when giving thanks.
4Pray that I may unfold it as I ought to speak.
Cross References
Matthew 13:11"Why do you speak to them in parables?" Jesus answered. "To you it has been granted to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it has not been granted.
Romans 15:30Brothers, I beseech you, by Jesus Christ our Lord, and by the love which the Spirit gives, to help me in my struggle by your prayers to God on my behalf,
1 Corinthians 16:9for a door has opened to me, great and effectual, and the opponents are many.
Ephesians 3:1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles -
Ephesians 6:19and for me, that utterance may be given me to open my mouth boldly, and to make known the mystery of the gospel for which I am an ambassador,
Philippians 1:13Throughout the whole Praetorian guard and among all the others it has become plain that these chains of mine are for the sake of 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 →