Colossians 4:2
Be earnest and unwearied in prayer, being on the alert in it and in your giving of thanks.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
In Context
1Masters, deal justly and equitably with your slaves, knowing that you too have a Master in Heaven.
Cross References
Matthew 26:41Keep awake, and pray that you may not enter into temptation: the spirit is right willing, but the body is frail."
Luke 18:1He also taught them by a parable that they must always pray and never lose heart.
Romans 12:12full of joyful hope, patient under persecution, earnest and persistent 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 →