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Colossians 4:3-4 KJV
Colossians · chapter 4 · verses 3–4
3Withal 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: 4That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.Colossians 4:3-4 · King James Version
Colossians 4:3-4 in context
1Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
2Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
3Withal 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:
4That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
5Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
6Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
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Key words (Strong's)
- utterancelogosof speech, a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea, what someone…G3056 →
- prayingproseuchomaito offer prayers, to prayG4336 →
- mysterymystērionhidden thing, secret, mystery, generally mysteries, religious secrets, confided only to…G3466 →
- Withalhamaat the same time, at once, together, together withG260 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- speaklaleōto utter a voice or emit a sound, to speak, to use the tongue or the faculty of speech…G2980 →
- oughtdeiit is necessary, there is need of, it behooves, is right and proper, necessity lying in…G1163 →
- openanoigōto openG455 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 2-4