Robertson's Word Pictures of the NT
Colossians 4:4
As I ought to speak
(ως δε με λαλησα). Wonderful as Paul's preaching was to his hearers and seems to us, he was never satisfied with it. What preacher can be?
As I ought to speak
(ως δε με λαλησα). Wonderful as Paul's preaching was to his hearers and seems to us, he was never satisfied with it. What preacher can be?
Verse 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....
THAT I MAY MAKE IT MANIFEST ... - Notes, Ephesians 6:20....
CHAPTER 4 __ 1. Prayer and ministry (Colossians 4:2) 2. Walking in wisdom (Colossians 4:5) 3. The fellowship of the saints in their service (Colossians 4:7) 4. The conclusion ...
A REQUEST FOR PRAYER: THE NEED OF WISDOM. The Colossians must persevere in prayer and be vigilant therein with thanksgiving; at the same time praying for Paul and His companions that God may open for...
THE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THE CHRISTIAN (Colossians 3:18-25 ; Colossians 4:1) _ 4:1 Wives, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not treat th...
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 secr...
MAKE... MANIFEST. App-106. Compare Ephesians 6:20....
_That I may make it manifest_ Cp. Ephesians 6:20. The request for prayer for opportunity glides into that for prayer for grace to use it. " _Make manifest_" _:_the word is the same as that in e.g. 2 C...
2–6. _Prayer_ (Colossians 4:2-4) _and speaking for Christ_ (Colossians 4:5-6) (Colossians 4:2) In prayer be persevering, ever alert in it, combining it with thanksgiving; ...
ἽΝΑ ΦΑΝΕΡΏΣΩ ΑΥ̓ΤῸ. Dependent on ἵνα ὁ θεὸς�.τ.λ. but expressing more finally than λαλῆσαι the result of the gift of such opportunity. Chrysostom and Bengel thinking of St Paul preaching as a prisone...
ΦΑΝΕΡΏΣΩ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΦΑΝΕΡΌΩ (G5319) прояснять, проявлять. (G1163) ΔΕΊ _praes. ind. act._ безличное, необходимо; с _асс._ и _inf._ указывает на логическую необходимость (AS; о значениях "нужд...
2. CONTINUE STEDFASTLY IN PRAYER, WATCHING THEREIN WITH THANKSGIVING; 3. WITHAL PRAYING FOR US ALSO, THAT GOD MAY OPEN UNTO US A DOOR FOR THE WORD, TO SPEAK THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST, FOR WHICH I AM ALSO...
_THAT I MAY MAKE IT MANIFEST, AS I OUGHT TO SPEAK._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
_CORRECTION-DEPORTMENT_ 17 We should always distinguish between our place "in _ Christ_ " and "in the Lord". "In _ Christ_ " physical distinctions vanish, even the distinction between the sexes is go...
EXHORTATION AND GREETING 2-6. Exhortation to prayer and wisdom in dealing with heathen....
CHRIST HAS EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED THE COLOSSIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ A word list is at the end. It explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 4 V1 Masters, give what is good and fair to your sla...
[7. Conclusion of the Epistle. (1) FINAL EXHORTATION to prayer (especially for St. Paul himself), and to wisdom towards those without, both in deed and in word (Colossians 4:2). (2) COMMENDATION...
(2-4) Comp. the almost exact parallel in Ephesians 6:18, and see Notes there....
CHAPTER 4 PRECEPTS FOR THE INNERMOST AND OUTERMOST LIFE Colossians 4:2 (R.V.) So ends the ethical portion of the Epistle. A glance over the series of practical exhortations, from the beginning of th...
Colossians 4:2-4 partially parallel to Ephesians 6:18-20....
EXHORTATIONS TO PRAYER, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE APOSTLE'S WORK, TO WISDOM TOWARDS THOSE WITHOUT AND TO FITNESS OF SPEECH....
ἵνα is variously connected. The usual way is best which connects it with ἀνοίξῃ. This is better than going back to προσευχ., while the connexion with λαλ. is strained. It may be taken (as Beng., Hofm....
PRAYER AND DAILY LIVING Colossians 4:2 We must pray more. Our lives cannot maintain the Godward attitude without prolonged seasons of communication with Him through the Word. This is so important tha...
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 without. The first is covered by prayer as it inclu...
Prayer Matters Christians cannot afford to cut the lines of communication with their Master, thus they should never stop praying (Luke 18:1-8; Luke 11:5-8; 1 Thessalonians 5:17). Watchfulness in praye...
(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 the same with thanksgiving; (3) Withal praying als...
The most cursory reader discerns at once that the epistle to the Colossians is the counterpart of that to the Ephesians. They are in nowise the same, but may be viewed each as a supplement to the othe...
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 Ephesians, (Ephesians 6:20,) he adds, ἵνα παῤῥησιάσωμαι, (_t...
It will be observed how the apostle consequently introduces Christ into them, and especially in regard to those who are subject in them, wives and children; in order to sanctify, by so exalted a motiv...
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 s...
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....
THAT I MAY MAKE IT MANIFEST, AS I OUGHT TO SPEAK....
CONCLUDING ADMONITIONS....
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 seen would include the relationship between employers...
Duty of Prayer - 4:2-4 2CONTINUE EARNESTLY IN PRAYER, BEING VIGILANT IN IT WITH THANKSGIVING; Now Paul moves to some other duties that need some attention. Prayer. NIV "devote yourselves to prayer" P...
THAT. MAY MAKE IT MANIFEST, AS. OUGHT TO SPEAK. 'THAT' -A specific request concerning such preaching. Paul gets right down to the heart of the matter, this is something that concerned him. In our pr...
2-6 No duties can be done aright, unless we persevere in fervent prayer, and watch therein with thanksgiving. The people are to pray particularly for their ministers. Believers are exhorted to right...
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 CORINTHIANS 9:16 with...
Colossians 4:4 that G2443 make G5319 it G846 manifest G5319 (G5661) as G5613 I G3165 ought G1163 ...
A FINAL EXHORTATION (COLOSSIANS 4:2) 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 make it manifest (revealed openly, fully and clearly)...
Colossians 4:4. THAT I MAY MAKE IT MANIFEST. This is the end of the speaking, or of the entire petition. They should pray that he might preach; but he should preach in order to make manifest the myste...
4. _Concluding Exhortations_. This brief section contains special exhortations, but not addressed to special classes. The thoughts are familiar; Colossians 4:6 alone is without a parallel in the Epist...
III. HORTATORY PART: LIVE AS THOSE SHOULD LIVE WHO WERE RAISED WITH CHRIST THE HEAD. (1.) Fellowship with the Exalted Christ the motive for the new life; Colossians 3:1-4. (Transitive paragraph.) (2....
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 into Chapter s for it is not in Chapter s in the original...
CONTENTS: Consistent Christian living and fellowship of believers. CHARACTERS: God, Paul, Christ, Tychicus, Onesimus, Aristarchus, Marcus, Barnabas, Justus, Epaphras, Luke, Demas, Archippus. CONCLUSI...
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 master, who is Lord of heaven and earth. He well knew tha...
TO MAKE IT CLEAR. Paul had to speak to be understood (compare 1 Corinthians 14:19) to show people how to be set free from their sins....
_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 we must pray. “For us,” Paul, Timothy, etc. 1. Obse...
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 4:3 THAT GOD MAY OPEN TO US A DOOR FOR THE WORD. Paul asks the Colossians to pray that he will have opportunities to share the good news of Jesus Christ ...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Colossians 4:2. WATCH IN THE SAME.—“Being wakeful.” Here again the apostle changes his language from that used in enjoining the same precepts in Ephesians. Remaining...
EXPOSITION COLOSSIANS 4:1 (See Colossians 3:1.) COLOSSIANS 4:2 SECTION IX. PRAYER AND
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal [pay them a decent salary]; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving (Col...
1 Corinthians 2:4; 1 Corinthians 2:5; 2 Corinthians 2:14; 2 Corinthians 3:12;...
That I may make it manifest [ι ν α φ α ν ε ρ ω σ ω]. Compare speak boldly, Ephesians 6:20. That connects with the clause that God - Christ....