Colossians 4:2-4 – Continue In Prayer

Colossians 4:2-4 – Continue In Prayer

Colossians 4:2-4

2) 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.

v2) Continue - G4342

I.  to adhere to one, be his adherent, to be devoted or constant to one

II. to be steadfastly attentive unto, to give unremitting care to a thing

III. to continue all the time in a place

IV. to persevere and not to faint

V. to show one's self courageous for

VI. to be in constant readiness for one, wait on constantly

and watch - g1127 

I. to watch

II. metaph. give strict attention to, be cautious, active

A. to take heed lest through remission and indolence some destructive calamity suddenly overtake one

v3) mystery -  G3466

I. hidden thing, secret, mystery

A. generally mysteries, religious secrets, confided only to the initiated and not to ordinary mortals

B. a hidden or secret thing, not obvious to the understanding

C. a hidden purpose or counsel

1. secret will

a. of men

b. of God: the secret counsels which govern God in dealing with the righteous, which are hidden from ungodly and wicked men but plain to the godly

II. in rabbinic writings, it denotes the mystic or hidden sense

A. of an OT saying

B. of an image or form seen in a vision

C. of a dream