Colossians 4:2
1 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
3 Withal 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:
4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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,
- 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,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Thessalonians 5:17–18
Pray without ceasing.
Read in contextPhilippians 4:6
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Read in contextEphesians 6:18
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Read in contextRomans 12:12
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Read in contextMatthew 26:41
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Read in contextLuke 18:1
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Read in contextLuke 21:36
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Read in context1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
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