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Contemporary English Version
Colossians 4:4
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so that I may make it known as I should.
That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speake.
That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.
that I may make it clear in the way that I ought to proclaim it.
Pray that I can speak in a way that will make it clear, as I should.
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 may declare it clearly, as I should.
And pray that I may speak, as I should, in a way that makes the message clear.
to the end that I may make it manifest as I ought to speak.
Pray that I will say what is necessary to make this truth clear to everyone.
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.
Pray, then, that I may speak, as I should, in such a way as to make it clear.
so that I may reveal it, as it is necessary for me to speak.
that I may make it clear, as I ought to speak.
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.
So that I may make it clear, as it is right for me to do.
that I may reveal it as I ought to speak.
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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 vtter it, as I ought to speake.
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.
for which also Y am boundun, that Y schewe it, so as it bihoueth me to speke.
that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
Pray that I may make it known as I should.
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.
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 clear, as I ought to speak.
yt I maye vtter it as it becometh me to speake.
that I may manifest it, as it behoveth me 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.
Pray that I can make the gospel easy to understand.
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
But Cain had to go far from the Lord and live in the Land of Wandering, which is east of Eden.
Later, Cain and his wife had a son named Enoch. At the time Cain was building a town, and so he named it Enoch after his son.
Lamech married Adah, then Zillah.
Lamech and Adah had two sons, Jabal and Jubal. Their son Jabal was the first to live in tents and raise sheep and goats. Jubal was the first to play harps and flutes.
Sometime after sunset, when it was very dark, a smoking cooking pot and a flaming fire went between the two halves of each animal.
From then on, you must give him every first-born son from your families and every first-born male from your animals, because these belong to him.
The Lord sent fiery flames that burned up everything on the altar, and when everyone saw this, they shouted and fell to their knees to worship the Lord .
Suddenly the Lord sent a fire that burned up the two hundred fifty men who had offered incense to him.
For example, when the Israelites bring me the first batches of oil, wine, and grain, you can have the best parts of those gifts.
However, all first-born cattle, sheep, and goats belong to me and cannot be bought back. Splatter their blood on the altar and send their fat up in smoke, so I can smell it and be pleased.
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.
