Speaking to God and Others

Devote yourselves(A) to prayer; stay alert in it with thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us that God may open a door(B) to us for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ,(C) for which I am in chains,(D) so that I may make it known as I should.

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Further Advice for the Christian Life

Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving, praying at the same time for us also, that God may open for us a door of the message, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which also I am a prisoner[a], so that I may reveal[b] it, as it is necessary for me to speak.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 4:3 Literally “I have been bound”
  2. Colossians 4:4 Or “may make it clear”