Colossians 4:2
1 Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven.
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,
3 as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
4 Pray that I may declare it clearly, as I should.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Vær vedholdende i bønnen, så dere våker i den med takksigelse,
- OTB
- Vær utholdende i bønnen, våk med en holdning av takknemlighet.
- B1930
- Vær vedholdende i bønnen, så I våker i den med takksigelse,
- BSB
- Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,
- KJV
- Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
- WEB
- Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving,
- ASV
- Continue stedfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;
- DARBY
- Persevere in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving;
- BLB
- Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it in thanksgiving,
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Kryssreferanser
1 Thessalonians 5:17–18
Pray without ceasing.
Les i sammenhengPhilippians 4:6
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Les i sammenhengEphesians 6:18
Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
Les i sammenhengRomans 12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
Les i sammenhengMatthew 26:41
“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
Les i sammenhengLuke 18:1
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
Les i sammenhengLuke 21:36
So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Les i sammenheng1 Peter 4:7
The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
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