Colossians 4:3

Paul asks for prayer that God would open opportunities to preach the gospel, even though he is imprisoned for it. It matters because the spread of Christ's message depends on God opening doors and on the prayers of his people.

Cross-references · 21

• Eph 6:19–20on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,
• Acts 14:27When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.
• 2 Th 3:1–2Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you;
• Phil 1:13–14so that it became evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ;
• Col 1:26the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,
• 2 Cor 2:12Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
• Col 2:2–3that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,
• 1 Cor 16:9for a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
• 1 Cor 4:1So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.
• 2 Tim 2:9in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God’s word isn’t chained.
• Phil 1:7It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.
• Rev 3:7–8“To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:
• Eph 4:1I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,
• 1 Th 5:25Brothers, pray for us.
• Matt 13:11He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.
• Phil 1:19For I know that this will turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
• Heb 13:18–19Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.
• Phlm 1:22Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.
• 2 Tim 1:16May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain,
• Eph 3:1For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,
• Rom 15:30–32Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,

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