COLOSSIANS 4:3

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“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:”

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Colossians 4:3 Translation & Meaning

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KJV Verse Original Greek Meaning/ Definition
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Withal ἅμα Properly, at the "same" time, but freely used as a preposition or adverb denoting close association Withal
praying προσευχόμενοι To pray to God, i.e., supplicate, worship praying
also καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words also
for περὶ Properly, through (all over), i.e., around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period) for
us, ἡμῶν Of (or from) us us
that ἵνα In order that (denoting the purpose or the result) that
God θεὸς A deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by Hebraism) God
would open ἀνοίξῃ To open up (literally or figuratively, in various applications) would open
unto us ἡμῖν To (or for, with, by) us unto us
a door θύραν A portal or entrance (the opening or the closure, literally or figuratively) door
of λόγου Something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e., Christ) of
utterance, λόγου Something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e., Christ) utterance
to speak λαλῆσαι To talk, i.e., utter words speak
the τὸ The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
mystery μυστήριον A secret or "mystery" (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites) mystery
of Χριστοῦ Anointed, i.e., the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus of
Christ, Χριστοῦ Anointed, i.e., the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus Christ
for δι' Through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional) for
which The relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that which
I am in δέδεμαι To bind (in various applications, literally or figuratively) am
also καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words also
bonds: δέδεμαι To bind (in various applications, literally or figuratively) bonds

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  • 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 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.

  • 5  Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.




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