Colossians 4:2

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Colossians 4:2

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

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Thanksgiving

Colossians 2:7

Colossians 3:15

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Epaphras, who is one of your number, a bondslave of Jesus Christ, sends you his greetings, always laboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand

perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.

For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the

knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way.

“Indeed, you do away with reverence
And hinder meditation before God.

“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,
When God requires his life?

As for me, I shall call upon God,
And the Lord will save me.

In return for my love they act as my accusers;
But I am in prayer.

Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart,

rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer,

With all prayer and petition

pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view,

be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

pray without ceasing;

Thanksgiving

having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.