That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
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That I may make it manifest ... - Notes, Ephesians 6:20 .
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...
make... manifest . App-106. Compare Ephesians 6:20 .
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...
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,...
Exhortation and Greeting 2-6. Exhortation to prayer and wisdom in dealing with heathen.
(2-4) Comp. the almost exact parallel in Ephesians 6:18-20 , and see Notes there.
[ 7. Conclusion of the Epistle. (1) FINAL EXHORTATION to prayer (especially for St. Paul himself), and to wisdom towards those without, both in d...
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...
Prayer and Daily Living Colossians 4:2-9 We must pray more. Our lives cannot maintain the Godward attitude without prolonged seasons of communi...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
Apostolic Exhortations. A. D. 62. 2 Contin...
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...
A Final Exhortation ( Colossians 4:2-6 ) These final words concentrate on what is important for their future behaviour in Christ.
‘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...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Colossians 4:2 . Watch in the same. —“Being wakeful.” Here again the apostle changes his language from that used...
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...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION Colossians 4:1 (See Colossians 3:1-51 .) Colossians 4:2-51 SECTION IX . PRAYER AND SOCIAL CONVERSE . There are...
Concluding Admonitions.
that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
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.