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Persevere proskartereō in ho prayer proseuchē, being vigilant grēgoreō in en it autos with en thanksgiving eucharistia. At the same time hama, pray proseuchomai also kai for peri us hēmeis, that hina · ho God theos will open anoigō a door thura for our hēmeis · ho message logos, so that we may declare laleō the ho mystery mystērion of ho Christ Christos, for dia which hos · kai I am in chains deō; that hina I may make phaneroō it autos known as hōs I egō should dei.

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Closing Exhortations

Devote yourselves to prayer. Be alert[a] and thankful when you pray. At the same time also pray for us—that God would open before us a door for the word so that we may tell the secret about the Messiah,[b] for which I have been imprisoned. May I reveal it as clearly as I should![c]

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 4:2 Lit. Be alert in it
  2. Colossians 4:3 Or Christ
  3. Colossians 4:4 Lit. as I should speak