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Selected Verse: Colossians 4:4 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Col 4:4 |
King James |
That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| ALFORD thinks that Paul asks their prayers for his release as if it were the "only" way by which he could "make it (the Gospel) manifest" as he ought. But while this is included in their subject of prayer, Phi 1:12-13, written somewhat later in his imprisonment, clearly shows that "a door for the word" could be opened, and was opened, for its manifestation, even while he remained imprisoned (compare Ti2 2:9). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| That I may make it manifest ... - Notes, Eph 6:20. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
That I may make it manifest (ἵνα φανερώσω)
Compare speak boldly, Eph 6:20. That connects with the clause that God-Christ. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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. |
9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.