Colossians 4:4

That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

Ver. 4. As I ought to speak] As every sound is not music, so neither is every pulpit discourse a sermon.

Related Commentaries of Colossians 4:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That I may make it manifest ... - Notes, Ephesians 6:20 .
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Request for Prayer: the Need of Wisdom. The Colossians must persevere in prayer and be vigilant therein with thanksgiving; at the same time prayi...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

make... manifest . App-106. Compare Ephesians 6:20 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. As I ought. This clause sets forth more strongly the difficulty, for he intimates that it is no ordinary matter. In the Epistle to the Eph...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. That I may make it manifest - It was a mystery, and he wished to make it manifest - to lay it open,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exhortation and Greeting 2-6. Exhortation to prayer and wisdom in dealing with heathen.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(2-4) Comp. the almost exact parallel in Ephesians 6:18-20 , and see Notes there.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

[ 7. Conclusion of the Epistle. (1) FINAL EXHORTATION to prayer (especially for St. Paul himself), and to wisdom towards those without, both in d...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 4 PRECEPTS FOR THE INNERMOST AND OUTERMOST LIFE Colossians 4:2-6 (R.V.) So ends the ethical portion of the Epistle. A glance over the...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Prayer and Daily Living Colossians 4:2-9 We must pray more. Our lives cannot maintain the Godward attitude without prolonged seasons of communi...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The true purpose of life for the saints and faithful in Christ is to the maintenance of a twofold relationship- toward God, and toward those who are...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. (2) Continue in prayer, and watch in...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 wrapp...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

There is no reason for a chapter division at this point, for the responsibility of masters is closely linked with that of servants, which we have see...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Apostolic Exhortations. A. D. 62. 2 Contin...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That I may manifest, or open and clear, it in due circumstances, as becomes an able minister of Christ, Romans 1:15 1 Corinthians 2:4 1 Corinth...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Final Exhortation ( Colossians 4:2-6 ) These final words concentrate on what is important for their future behaviour in Christ.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Withal praying for us also that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds, that I may mak...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Colossians 4:2 . Watch in the same. —“Being wakeful.” Here again the apostle changes his language from that used...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Colossians 4:1 . Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; I sometimes think that the good men who chopped the Bible up int...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Colossians 4:1 . Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal. Paul doubles the precept here, reminding them that one is their mast...
The Biblical Illustrator

Withal praying also for us that God would open unto us a door of utterance. The people’s prayer and the minister’s work I. The persons for whom...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Colossians 4:1 (See Colossians 3:1-51 .) Colossians 4:2-51 SECTION IX . PRAYER AND SOCIAL CONVERSE . There are...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Concluding Admonitions.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 2:4 ; 1 Corinthians 2:5 ; 2 Corinthians 2:14-17 ; 2 Corinthians 3:12 ; 2 Corinthians 4:1-4 ; Acts 4:29 ; Acts 5:29 ; Colossians...

⁴ That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

Related Commentaries of Colossians 4:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Colossians 4:4