Colossians 4:2-4 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Colossians 4:2-4

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. They must not only do justly and kindly by them, but act a Christian and religious part, and be concerned for their souls as well as their bodies: ?As parts of your charge, and under your influence, be concerned for the blessing of God upon them, as well as the success of your affairs... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Colossians 4:2-4

4:2-4 Persevere in prayer. Be vigilant in your prayer, and let thanksgiving always be a part of it. And at the same time pray for us, that God may open for us a door for the word, that we may speak the secret of Christ now revealed to his own people, that secret for which I am in bonds, that I may make it manifest to all, as I ought to speak. Paul would never write a letter without urging the duty and the privilege of prayer on his friends. He tells them to persevere in prayer. Even for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:2

Continue in prayer ,.... This is not said particularly to masters, as in the foregoing verse, but to all the members of the church in general; for the apostle having taken notice of some special duties relating to persons in different stations of life, returns to such as were common to them all; as this of prayer to God is, for such prayer is intended; for though the object is not expressed here, he is in the following verse, and the Mediator Christ is supposed, and also the Holy Spirit,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:3

Withal, praying also for us ,.... The persons to be prayed for are next directed to; and these are not only themselves, though their concern is very near and great, but others also, all the saints and people of God, yea, all men, and in particular the ministers of the Gospel. The apostle desires they would pray for him, and his fellow ministers, and which he says not in dissimulation, under a guise of humility, but in true humility and lowliness of mind; being sensible of the greatness of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:4

That I may make it manifest ,.... It being a mystery, a secret, which was hid in God from everlasting, and, during the legal dispensation, was wrapped up in types, and shadows, and sacrifices, and is still hidden unto the natural man. Wherefore the apostle was desirous of making it manifest in a ministerial way; for God only, by his Spirit, makes it manifest in a spiritual, experimental, and saving way. As , says he, I ought to speak . The Arabic version adds, "concerning it", the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 4:2

Continue in prayer - This was the apostle's general advice to all; without this, neither wives, husbands, children, parents, servants, nor masters, could fulfill the duties which God, in their respective stations, required of them. All might, power, and life come from God; his creatures are continually dependent upon him for all these: to earnest, persevering prayer, he has promised every supply; but he who prays not has no promise. How few wives feel it their duty to pray to God to give... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 4:3

Praying also for us - Let the success and spread of the Gospel be ever dear to you; and neglect not to pray fervently to God that it may have free course, run, and be glorified. A door of utterance - Θυραν του λογου· The word θυρα , which commonly signifies a door, or such like entrance into a house or passage through a wall, is often used metaphorically for an entrance to any business, occasion or opportunity to commence or perform any particular work. So in Acts 14:27 ; : The... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 4:4

That I may make it manifest - It was a mystery, and he wished to make it manifest - to lay it open, and make all men see it. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 4:2

Verse 2 2.Continue in prayer. He returns to general exhortations, in which we must not expect an exact order, for in that case he would have begun with prayer, but Paul had not an eye to that. Farther, as to prayer, he commends here two things; first, assiduity; secondly, alacrity, or earnest intentness. For, when he says, continue, he exhorts to perseverance, while he makes mention of watching in opposition to coldness, and listlessness. (467) He adds, thanksgiving, because God must be... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 4:3

Verse 3 3.Pray also for us. He does not say this by way of pretense, but because, being conscious to himself of his own necessity, he was earnestly desirous to be aided by their prayers, and was fully persuaded that they would be of advantage to them. Who then, in the present day, would dare to despise the intercessions of brethren, which Paul openly declares himself to stand in need of? And, unquestionably, it is not in vain that the Lord has appointed this exercise of love between us — that... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Colossians 4:2-4

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Colossians 4:2-4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 4:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 4:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 4:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 4:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 4:3

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