the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!
Read the Bible
Christian Standard Bible ®
Colossians 4:4
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- BakerEncyclopedias:
- InternationalDevotionals:
- EveryParallel Translations
that I may make it clear in the way I ought to speak.
that I may make it manifest in the way I ought to speak.
Pray that I can make the gospel easy to understand.
So that I may make it clear, as it is right for me to do.
to the end that I may make it manifest as I ought to speak.
that I may reveal it as I ought to speak.
That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
Then I shall proclaim it fully, as it is my duty to do.
That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speake.
that I may make it clear, as I ought to speak.
that I maye vtter ye same, as it becommeth me to speake.
that I may publish it in the manner, it should necessarily be done.
that I may make it clear [and speak boldly and unfold the mystery] in the way I should.
that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
that I may make it clear, as I ought to speak.
yt I maye vtter it as it becometh me to speake.
that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
that I may manifest it, as it behoveth me to speak;
Pray that I can speak in a way that will make it clear, as I should.
Pray that I may make it known as I should.
Pray that I may declare it clearly, as I should.
Please pray that I will make the message as clear as possible.
And pray that I may speak, as I should, in a way that makes the message clear.
that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.
That I may vtter it, as it becommeth mee to speake.
So that I may make it manifest and speak about it as I should.
that I may reveal it as I ought to speak.
May I reveal it as clearly as I should!as I should speak">[fn]
that I may fully make it manifest, as it behoveth me.
that I may unfold it, and utter it, as it behooveth me.
that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
Pray that I will proclaim this message as clearly as I should.
Pray that I will be able to preach so everyone can understand. This is the way I should speak.
that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
so that I may reveal it clearly, as I should.
That I may make it manifest as behoveth me to speak.
That I may make it manifest as I ought to speak.
That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
so that I may reveal it, as it is necessary for me to speak.
That I may vtter it, as I ought to speake.
Pray that I will say what is necessary to make this truth clear to everyone.
that I may make it clear in the way that I ought to proclaim it.
Pray, then, that I may speak, as I should, in such a way as to make it clear.
for which also Y am boundun, that Y schewe it, so as it bihoueth me to speke.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I may: Matthew 10:26, Matthew 10:27, Acts 4:29, 2 Corinthians 3:12, 2 Corinthians 4:1-4
as: Colossians 4:6, Acts 5:29, 1 Corinthians 2:4, 1 Corinthians 2:5, 2 Corinthians 2:14-17, Ephesians 6:20
Reciprocal: Proverbs 23:16 - thy Isaiah 57:19 - the fruit Ezekiel 29:21 - the opening Luke 21:15 - I will Acts 28:31 - with 1 Corinthians 1:5 - in all Philippians 1:14 - waxing
Cross-References
Then Cain went out from the Lord 's presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Cain was intimate with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain became the builder of a city, and he named the city Enoch after his son.
Lamech took two wives for himself, one named Adah and the other named Zillah.
Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of the nomadic herdsmen.
When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the divided animals.
you are to present to the Lord every firstborn male of the womb. All firstborn offspring of the livestock you own that are males will be the Lord 's.
Fire came from the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell facedown on the ground.
Fire also came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were presenting the incense.
I am giving you all the best of the fresh olive oil, new wine, and grain, which the Israelites give to the Lord as their firstfruits.
"However, you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a fire offering for a pleasing aroma to the Lord .
Gill's Notes on the Bible
That I may make it manifest,.... It being a mystery, a secret, which was hid in God from everlasting, and, during the legal dispensation, was wrapped up in types, and shadows, and sacrifices, and is still hidden unto the natural man. Wherefore the apostle was desirous of making it manifest in a ministerial way; for God only, by his Spirit, makes it manifest in a spiritual, experimental, and saving way.
As, says he,
I ought to speak. The Arabic version adds, "concerning it", the Gospel, the mystery of Christ. The apostle's meaning is, that he might deliver it with that clearness and evidence, and use that plainness of speech which became the Gospel, and him as a minister of it, and not ambiguous expressions, equivocal phrases, words of double meanings, on purpose to hide things from men, but by manifestation of the truth, to commend himself to every man's conscience in the sight of God. As also to speak it faithfully, declaring the whole counsel of God, keeping back nothing that might be profitable to the churches; and with all constancy and certainty, with all boldness and intrepidity of soul, and freedom of mind; not seeking to please men, aiming at vain glory, and popular applause, or being afraid of their faces, menaces, and reproaches.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
That I may make it manifest ... - Notes, Ephesians 6:20.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Colossians 4:4. 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.
