“Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;”
King James Version (KJV)
4:1 Just - According to your contract. Equitable - Even beyond the letter of your contract.
4:3 That God would open to us a door of utterance - That is, give us utterance, that we may open our mouth boldly, #Eph 6:19|, and give us an opportunity of speaking, so that none may be able to hinder.
Col 4:2 Continue in prayer. Prayer ought to be regular, habitual. The Christian should every day have a season of prayer. See Lu 18:1 Ac 1:14 Eph 6:18. Watch in the same. Watch that you pray aright, in earnest, and ask for what you ought. With thanksgiving. Let thanks for mercies given ascend as you ask for new mercies.
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thankesgiuing:
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with {an attitude of} thanksgiving;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Continue stedfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;
- American Standard Version (1901)
Give yourselves to prayer at all times, keeping watch with praise;
- Basic English Bible
Persevere in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving;
- Darby Bible
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
- Webster's Bible
Be earnest and unwearied in prayer, being on the alert in it and in your giving of thanks.
- Weymouth Bible
Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;
- World English Bible
Be ye bisi in preier, and wake in it, in doynge of thankyngis;
- Wycliffe Bible
In the prayer continue ye, watching in it in thanksgiving;
- Youngs Literal Bible