Colossians 4:2

Colossians 4:2. Persevere. The word is a strong one (see references), describing an earnest persistence.

Being watchful therein with (lit, ‘in') thanksgiving, Comp. Ephesians 6:18, as well as the injunction: ‘watch and pray' (Matthew 26:41, etc.). ‘In,' repeated in the Greek, points in the first instance to the sphere of the watchfulness, and in the second to an accompaniment. Prayer should have three qualities: it should be assiduous, watchful, grateful (Thomas Aquinas). We can always be grateful for the privilege of prayer, whatever else we lack.